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The former NBA star, Sebastian Telfair, expressed the hope that President Donald Trump would forgive him when he should appear in prison on Tuesday for violating the terms of his release.
Telfair was one of the former NBA players caught in a health fraud scandal. He was sentenced to suspended sentence for his role in fraud.
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The Timberwolves goalkeeper of Minnesota Sebastian Telfair, # 3, dribble around Denver Nuggets Guard Anthony Carter, n ° 25, during the second half at the Target Center in Minneapolis on February 5, 2011. (Jesse Johnson / USA TODAY SPORTS)
However, Sportico reported in June that Telfair had not lived up to the terms of her supervised parole. He was not up to his community service ordered by the court and has not reported to the American probation office and should now spend six months in prison.
He told TMZ Sports this week that the situation was “definitively of bulls-“.
“Trump, go check my story, and you will really want to forgive me. You will keep me responsible and I want me to continue to do good. But I did too much to send someone to prison,” he told TMZ Sports.
Telfair said that the whole question came from a paperwork problem and that it was “super unfair”.
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The Phoenix Suns goalkeeper, Sebastian Telfair, # 31, reacts on the field during the match against the Memphis grizzlewas in the second half at the US Airways Center in Phoenix on January 6, 2013. (Jennifer Stewart / USA TODAY SPORTS)
He said if Trump did not pass for him, he will be in prison trying to improve.
Telfair was one of 18 former NBA players who were charged in October 2021 to pocket approximately $ 2.5 million by frauding the NBA health and well-being plan with a scam that involved false medical and dental expenses.
The NBA champion Glen “Big Baby” Davis was sentenced to 40 months in May 2024.
Telfair concluded a advocacy agreement in the case, prosecutors recommending to serve between 15 and 21 months, according to Sportico. He was sentenced to a purged time and three years of a supervised outing program.
President Donald Trump speaks during a Purple Heart Day event in the east house in the White House in Washington, DC, Thursday, August 7, 2025. (Eric Lee / Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Telfair was an off -competition high school player in New York. The Portland Trail Blazers selected him in the first round of the 2004 NBA recovery. He played with eight teams during his 10 -year career.
