Posted on 06/29/2024 9:44:26 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
Former No. 1 NFL draft pick JaMarcus Russell has been removed from the coaching staff at the high school he attended in Mobile, Alabama, and is facing a lawsuit accusing him of taking money meant as a donation to the school. Russell is facing a lawsuit alleging that he took a $74,000 check intended as a donation to the school and kept the money for himself. Chris Knowles, a local business owner who wrote the check, says Russell approached him about a donation to help the Williamson High School football team purchase weight room equipment, and Knowles gave Russell the donation by check. But the school allegedly never got any of that money, and Russell reportedly deposited it in a credit union and promptly withdrew $55,000 of that.
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I’m guessing the check was made out to either the school district or the booster club.
The account can be set up so that a withdrawal requires two signatures. ‘
I’m hoping the booster wasn’t so stupid to make the check out to Russell. I’m guessing it’s still fraud if Russell told him it was for equipment???
Shocking..... Not JaMarcus!
Who is the nitwit that hired him in the first place? He should be fired, too.
JaMarcus, I didn’t even have to look at the pictures !
Mr. Crablegs himself! Who’d a thunk!?
As a Chargers fan, Raiders gonna raid.
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