This just in according to the Associated Press the basketball star who has been free on bail since 2002 will finally be sentenced to jail this February:
Jayson Williams pleaded guilty Monday to aggravated assault and will serve at least 18 months in prison for accidentally killing a limousine driver in his bedroom, finally closing one chapter in his troubled post-NBA life.
Williams was awaiting retrial on a reckless manslaughter count but pleaded guilty to the lesser count for the 2002 death of Costas Christofi.
Williams remained poised during the hearing and mostly answered yes and no questions, though he did tell the judge that he had not fully checked the gun’s safety before snapping it closed. “I didn’t look in the direction the muzzle of the gun was pointed,” he said, before admitting that his handling of the gun was reckless.
The assault charge carries a minimum 18-month sentence because a gun was involved. The reckless manslaughter count would have carried a maximum 10-year prison sentence. Under his plea agreement, Williams will serve 18 months to five years in state prison and would be eligible for parole after 18 months.
Just last week Williams was charged with drunk driving after his SUV veered off the FDR highway in New York and when cops arrived on the scene Williams was bloody and sitting in the passenger’s seat of his G 500 wagon claiming someone else was driving.
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This moron is still trying to tamper with evidence and pretend like he’s not at fault for situations he’s created… smh!