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>>> HELLO
>>> HELLO EVERYBODY AND WELCOME TO OFF SCRIPT.
IF YOU ARE NEW TO THE DC AREA,
YOU MIGHT 4@NOT RECOGNIZE THE 4@
NAME VICTOR PAGE.
HE WAS A BIG DEAL IN GEORGETOWN
BASKETBALL.
BASKETBALL. 4@NOW HE WILL LIKELY SPEND THE
NEXT 20 YEARS OF HIS LIFE IN
PRISON FOR ATTACKING A 17-YEAR-
OLD GIRL.
OLD GIRL.
OLD GIRL. THIS HAPPENED LAST DECEMBER AND
WAS CAUGHT ON SURVEILLANCE
VIDEO.
VIDEO.
VIDEO. HE
VIDEO. HE WAS FACING LIFE IN PRISON
FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT BUT THE
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY 4@STATES
ATTORNEYS OFFICE TOLD US JUST
TODAY HE HAS 4@AGREED TO A PLEA
ATTORNEYS OFFICE TOLD US JUST TODAY HE HAS 4@AGREED TO A PLEA@
DEAL THAT WOULD PUT HIM BEHIND
BARS FOR THE NEXT TWO DECADES.
THIS WILL BE HIS FIRST TIME IN
4@PRISON.
4@PRISON.
4@PRISON. HE WAS SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN
PRISON FOR SECOND-D4@EGREE SEXU
ASSAULT BACK IN THIRD 2013 BUT
WAS RELEASED EARLY.
I WROTE AN E-BOOK ABOUT VICTOR
PAGE4@ CALLED ALL OR NOTHING. H
IS 4@HAS BEEN A TROUBLED AND
INCREDIBLE STORY ALMOST FROM 4@
THE BEGINNING.
THE BEGINNING. VICTOR WAS GOING TO LAND THE NBA
AND MAKE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OR
SO MOST OF US THOUGHT OR END UP
ON THE STREETS STRUNG OUT LIKE
HIS MOM AND DAD AND SO MANY OF
HIS FRIENDS.
HIS FRIENDS. IN 4@2009 AGAINST ALL ODDS HE W
STILL CONFIDENT IN HIS 4@
BASKETBALL SKILLS WERE SO
CAUGHT GOOD ENOUGH TO GO PRO SO
TAKE A LOOK AT OUR INTERVIEW
BACK THEN.
BACK THEN. >> VICTOR PAGE GOT HIS START IN
THE BACKCOURT 4@OF GEORGETOWN
WITH ALAN IVERSEN.
ALAN IVERSEN LEFT EARLY4@ AND
VICTOR BECAME THE NUMBER ONE
SCORER IN THE EAST.
FORMER McKINLEY HIGH SCHOOL
STAR INTO THE NBA DRAFT IN 1997
BUT HE STUMBLED FROM A POSSIBLE
FIRST-ROUND PICK TO NOT BEING
DRAFTED AT ALL.
>> I DON'T REGRET NOTHING.
>> Reporter: IN AN EXCLUSIVE
INTERVIEW HE ADMITS HIS
DRINKING AND CAROUSING GOT HIM
TOSSED OUT OF THE CHICAGO BULLS
ROOKIE CAMP. HE WAS LATER ASKED
TO LEAVE THE MINNESOTA
TIMBERWOLVES CAMP FOR FIGHTING.
>> DON'T GET IT TWISTED AND SAY
I REALLY DIDN'T HAVE NOBODY TO
TRY TO GUIDE ME ON THE RIGHT
PATH.
PATH.
PATH. I
PATH. I JUST WANTED TO DO IT MY WAY.
I THOUGHT GOING OUT THERE AND
HANGING AROUND GUYS ON THE
CORNER DRINKING LIQUOR4@ AND
RUNNING FROM THE POLICE WAS THE
WAY TO GO. 4@
>> 4@Reporter: HE WAS DEMOTED T
THE CBA LEAK WHERE 4@HE BECAME
SCORING MACHINE.
SCORING MACHINE. HE MANAGED TO LOSE THAT JOB AS
WELL AND BARELY ESCAPED JAIL.
BY NOW YOU'VE NOTICED A PATCH
WHERE HIS RIGHT I USED TO BE.
>> YOUR FRIENDS TO YOUR FRIENDS
REALLY AIN'T YOUR FRIENDS.
>> Reporter: HE WAS SHOT IN
2003 BACK IN HIS OLD
NEIGHBORHOOD.
NEIGHBORHOOD. >> TO THIS DAY I DON'T KNOW WHY
HE DID IT.
>> Reporter: BARRY FARMS IS 4@
WHERE HIS FATHER DIED OF A DRUG
OVERDOSE AND HIS MOTHER FROM
AIDS BEFORE HE WAS RESCUED BY
JOHN THOMPSON AND GIVEN A
SCHOLARSHIP TO PLAY FOR
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY.
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY. >> HE IS BEEN LIKE A FATHER
FIGURE TO ME.
>> Reporter: VICTOR PAGE IS
CONVINCED HE STILL HAS A SHOT
AT THE NBA EVEN THOUGH HE
TURNED 33 IN FEBRUARY.
>> MY CAREER AIN'T OVER WITH.
IT'S LIKE A BABY4@, YOU'VE GOT
CRAWL NOW.
CRAWL NOW. I'VE GOT TO CRAWL BEFORE I CAN
WALK AGAIN, THAT'S ALL.>> SO HE
IS NOW 43.4@
SO MIKE WISE, CHUCK HERNANDEZ,4
WERE GOING TO START WITH YOU
BECAUSE YOU'RE THE GUEST, WHAT
YOU THINK OF VICTOR PAGE?
>> A GUY WHO CO4@ULDN'T SURVIVE
HIS UPBRINGING AND HER
SURROUNDINGS.4@
SURROUNDINGS.4@ WHEN YOU COME FROM SOUTHEAST DC
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A GUY WHO
HAD THE WORLD 4@RIGHT HERE BUT
YOU JUST HEARD,4@ HE SABOTAGED
HIMSELF.
HIMSELF.
HIMSELF. HE IS A GUY WHO FOUR OF HIS
TEAMMATES IN GEORGETOWN WENT ON
TO THE NBA AND HE THOUGHT HE
WAS GOING TO BE THERE.
HE SABOTAGED HIMSELF.
HE WAS 4@OUT LATE AND MISSED TH
MORNING WORKOUTS AND END OF
STORY AS FAR AS THE NBA 4@GOES.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A STORY
ABOUT4@ THE PLAYGROUND LEGEND
THAT WENT BAD BECAUSE THIS IS A
4@GUY WHO WAS 4@MORE THAN A
PLAYGROUND4@ LEGEND.
PLAYGROUND4@ LEGEND. HE HAD A TRYOUT WITH THE
MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES, HE WENT
TO TRAINING CAMP WITH THEM.
HE STILL I THINK THE LEADING
SCORER FOR THE SUE CALLS SIOUX
FALLS FORCE.
FALLS FORCE. THIS IS A GUY WHO HAD GIFTS
THAT HE NEEDED TO FIND BEYOND
BASKETBALL AND HE NEVER DID AND
IT'S NOT THAT I DON'T THINK WE
SHOULDN'T MAKE A BIG DEAL ABOUT
IT BECAUSE HE WAS A NO NAME, I
ALSO THINK WE NEED TO REMEMBER
THAT THIS IS A GUY CONVICTED OF
SEXUAL ASSAULT, THIS WAS A GUY
REPORTEDLY WHO HAD TO BE HOLD
OFF THE TEENAGE DAUGHTER OF HIS
GIRL4@FRIEND AND THAT TO ME, IT
ALMOST DISQUALIFIES YOU FROM
REAL SYMPATHY.
REAL SYMPATHY. IT JUST DOES, IN MY BOOK.
>> I TOTALLY FORGOTTEN THAT HE
MENTIONED JOHN THOMPSON WAS A
FATHER TO HIM.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
>> THAT'S THE ROLE THAT JOHN
THOMPSON PLAYED.
THOMPSON PLAYED. WHAT ARE THE GUY IN THE WORLD
CALLS IN THE LEADING DRUG
KINGPIN IN RAYFUL EDMOND'S AND
SAID HERE'S MY BOY.
HE TRIED TO HELP VICTOR PAGE
OUT BUT VICTOR PAGE DIDN'T
>> THE THINGS THAT JOHN
THOMPSON MADE AVAILABLE TO HIS
OTHER PLAYERS.
OTHER PLAYERS. ALAN IVERSEN WAS THE FIRST, BUT
TO THINK JOHN THOMPSON, YOU CAN
SIT THERE AND TALK ABOUT HIS
4@BACKGROUND AND WHERE HE COMES
FROM BUT HE ALSO HAD
OPPORTUNITIES THAT A LOT OF
KIDS DON'T GET PAID
>> BIG JOHN TOOK TOO MUCH TIME
WITH HIS SUCCESSFUL PLAYERS, I
DON'T THINK I WOULD BUY ALL
THAT BUT I THINK ANOTHER GUY,
MICHAEL GRAHAM WHO VICTOR PAGE
SAID HE MAY HAVE BEEN LIVING
WITH FOR A WHILE AND PROBABLY
TRIED, MICHAEL GRAHAM DID A LOT
TO TURN HIS OWN LIFE AROUND AND
HE'S GOT A RADIO SHOW NOW AND
YOU TALK TO HIM AND YOU GO,
THIS IS NOT JUST A SUCCESSFUL
FORMER BASKETBALL PLAYER, HE'S
A SUCCESSFUL PERSON AND VICTOR
PAGE COULD HAVE BEEN THAT GUY
AND IT'S TOO BAD, IT REALLY IS
TOO BAD.
TOO BAD.
TOO BAD. >> ALLOWS US TO GO BACK TO
ANYBODY WHO GETS A CHANCE TO GO
TO GEORGETOWN AND GET THAT
GEORGETOWN EDUCATION, YOU'VE
GOT A SHOT.
AND BASKETBALL GOT YOU THERE.
>> THINK ABOUT THIS, HE WAS IN
THE BACKCOURT WITH ALAN IVERSEN
WHO ENDED UP BEING THE 4@NUMBER
ONE DRAFT PICK IN THE YEAR
AFTER THAT VICTOR PAGE LED THE
BIG EAST SCORING.
>> HE HAD IT ALL RIGHT THERE
FOR HIM AND HE LITERALLY
BLINKED AWAY.>>4@4@ THEY SENT H
AWAY TO PREP SCHOOL IN NEW
ENGLAND FOR 4@4@A COUPLE OF YEA
TO GET HIM READY.
>> I FORGOT THAT.
>> MY POINT BEING THAT THE GUY
WAS BREAKING THE RULES AND THEY
BROUGHT HIM IN TO 4@DC TO PLAY
BALL, THEY WRAPPED ALL THE
SERVICES AROUND THE SKY.
4@>> IT'S JUST SAD.
AND I REALLY4@ DO THINK 4@WE NE
TO PAY HOMAGE TO THE