Sports News:Jayson Williams Gets Five Years in Prison
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Former NBA player Jayson Williams was sentenced to five years in prison for shooting a hired limo driver on Valentine’s Day in 2002. Williams was giving people a tour of his house when he stopped in his bedroom and showed them his gun collection. According to Fox Sports, he picked up a “double-barreled 12-gauge shotgun,” and without checking the safety, and when he closed the gun it went off. It hit the limo driver, Gus Christofi in the chest and killed him.
What’s even worse, Williams tried to cover up the crime. Despite that there was a crowd of people in th house, Williams put the gun in Christofi’s hands and told everyone else there to lie about what really went down. Despite his five year sentence, Williams will be eligible for parole in just a year and a half.
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Jayson Williams Gets Five Years in Prison
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