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<h6 id="featured-image-wrapper"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Ex-NBA star admits role in NCAA basketball corruption scandal, from 2017</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong><span style="font-size: 1em;">Chuck “The Rifleman” Connors Person, who became an assistant basketball coach at Auburn, after his playing career pled guilty Tuesday</span></strong></span></h6>
<h6><strong><span style="color: #000000; font-size: 1em;">Person was one of the coaches caught up in one of the largest corruption scandals to hit college basketball in 2017</span></strong></h6>
<h6><strong><span style="color: #000000; font-size: 1em;">Plea deal knocks possible 80 years sentence from a 6 count indictment for bribery down to 24 &#8211; 30 months in prison</span></strong></h6>
<h6><strong><span style="color: #000000; font-size: 1em;">He will also forfeit his ill-gotten gains, verdict not subject to appeal</span></strong></h6>
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<h6><img class="alignnone wp-image-311312" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Chuck-Person-3-300x200.png" alt="" width="771" height="514" /><strong>Ex-NBA star Chuck “The Rifleman” Connors Person, a former assistant basketball coach at Auburn, pled guilty Tuesday</strong></h6>
<p>Ex-NBA star Chuck “The Rifleman” Connors Person, a former assistant basketball coach at Auburn, pled guilty on Tuesday to a conspiracy charge for his role in a kickback scheme in which NCAA coaches took payment for student athletes to agents, apparel companies and others.<br />
Person pled guilty to accepting $91,500 in bribes during his time as an assistant coach of the men&#8217;s basketball program at Auburn for sending players to an investment adviser.<br />
“Yes, ma’am,” replied Person when Manhattan federal Judge Loretta Preska asked him if he is “in fact guilty” of the charge and she accepted the plea.<br />
Under the conditions of the plea deal, Person will face anywhere from 24 to 30 months in prison. He will also have to forfeit his ill-gotten gains and will not be able to appeal.<br />
His sentencing is set for July 9.<br />
Chuck Person, one of the coaches caught up in one of the largest corruption scandals to hit college basketball, reached a plea agreement on a conspiracy charge for his role in a scheme to steer players to agents and advisers in exchange for bribes.<br />
<img class="alignnone wp-image-311315" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/College-basketball-1-300x200.png" alt="" width="1062" height="708" />Person, who was drafted by the Indiana Pacers in 1986, was indicted in 2017 on six counts, including conspiracy and solicitation of bribes.<br />
At the time his attorneys said “Chuck Person did not commit a crime and we’re confident he will be vindicated at trial after a jury hears all the evidence,” his lawyer, Theresa Trzaskoma, said in a statement.<br />
He was facing up to 80 years in prison if convicted.<br />
According to a letter that federal prosecutors filed a few days to the beginning of March Madness, Person agreed to change his plea.<br />
The other four coaches indicted as part of the scandal are Emanuel “Book” Richardson, assistant coach at Arizona; Tony Bland, University of Southern California assistant coach; and Lamont Evans of Oklahoma State University.<br />
Also indicted were James Gatto, former director of global sports marketing for basketball at Adidas; Merl Code, a sports consultant; and Christian Dawkins, a former sports agent.</p>
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Former NBA star Chuck “The Rifleman” Person to pleads guilty for role in NCAA basketball corruption scandal; Faces 24-30 months in jail
