Welcome back everyone to Most Amazing Top 10 - some of you may be surprised to see me
doing this video because its about Prisons, thats usually Landons job. Ill be taking this
one today though and its a good one, this is a mix of sports and crime - my name is
Danny Burke and this is the Top 10 Athletes That Went To Prison.
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Starting off at number 10 we have Floyd Mayweather[a]. Boxing fans will know this American as one
of the best boxers of all time. Even people who don't know much about boxing will probably
recognise his name - especially after his huge fight with UFCs Conor McGregor. Well
years before that, back in 2012, the boxer served jail time. In 2012, he went to prison
for two months of a three month sentence in a misdemeanor domestic battery case. He pleaded
guilty to attacking his former girlfriend Josie Harris including hair pulling and arm
twisting while two of their three children watched. The judge said -No matter who you
are, you have consequences to your actions when they escalate to this level of violence-
… the guilty plea deal meant that Mayweather avoided trial on felony and misdemeanor that
could have resulted in him spending 34 years in state prison if he was convicted on all
counts. It wasnt the first time he had been involved in a battery case, in 2002 the boxer
was convicted of misdemeanor battery stemming from a fight with two women at a Las Vegas
nightclub.
Next up at number 9 we have Art Schlichter[b]. As an athlete, Schlichter was a a professional
Quarterback for the NFL in his hayday. In 2012, he was sentenced to 10 years and 7 months
in prison for scamming over 50 people of millions of dollars in a sports ticket scheme. He was
also ordered to pay 2.2 million dollars in restitution. Schlichter was described as having
a gambling addiction which culminated in his elaborate scam. He convinced investors he
could obtain tickets to OSU football games and other sporting events, including the Superbowl,
and selling them on for profit. What he actually did was pocket the invested money. One of
the victims, Anita Barney, was swindled out of at least 680,000 dollars and he also convinced
her to ask friends and associates for more money for his scheme. During the hearing,
the judge had harsh words for him, saying -You have untold generosity shown to you and
youve repaid it with lies and thieving. You even victimized your own mother-
Next up at number 8 we have Cecil Collins[c]. He was a famous running back for the Miami
Dolphins. He was on top of his game, once named Louisianas first -Mr Football- … then
he began to get in trouble with the law, culminating in him being sent to prison for 15 years after
admitting to breaking into the apartment of a woman he knew so that he could watch her
sleep. The sentence for felony burglary was the maximum under Florida law - the judge
said he had received the maximum because of his earlier conviction for a similar offense.
The hearing didnt take long - it was handed down less than 2 hours after the jury completed
deliberations and convicted him of the crime. He told the court that he -just wanted to
watch her sleep- … he was released in 2014 after serving more than 13 years in prison.
Coming in at number 7 we have Eric Naposki. He was a professional football player in the
NFL, playing for the New England Patriots in the late 80s. In May 2009, he was arrested
in Connecticut and charged with a murder committed in December 1994. The victim was Bill McGlaughlin.
Naposki had been romantically involved with Bills girlfriend, Nanette Johnston. They hatched
a plot to kill Bill so that Johnston could collect his life insurance. She also didnt
want him to find out she had been cheating and stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars
from his various bank accounts. She was also makiing a play to serve as trustee of his
estate, which could have been worth millions. On August 10th 2012, Naposki was sentenced
to life imprisonment without parole. The sentencing came 18 years after the murder took place.
The investigation had gone cold for many years until the police found new witnesses who provided
enough additional evidence that led to murder charges being filed against naposki and johnston
in 2008.
Moving on to number 6 now we have Rae Carruth[d]. He was a professional football player in the
late 1990s. In 2001, he was found guilty of conspiring to murder his then girlfriend Cherica
Adams who was pregnant with his child. He had been dating Cherica, a real estate agent,
for a number of months. Cherica was shot while driving her car. She managed to call the police
and tell them that a car had pulled up alongside her and that Carruth was driving and a passenger
had shot her - she fell into a coma upon arrival at the hospital. Cherica was 8 months pregnant
at the time. They delivered the baby via emergency c section. Sadly, Cherica died a month later
- the baby had cerebral palsy due to being without oxygen for 70 minutes before he was
born. Carruth fled after Chericas death, but was eventually captured after a shootout 2
days later. He was found hiding in the trunk of a car along with 3900 dollars in cash,
extra clothes, candy bars, a phone and bottles of his urine. He was found guilty of conspiracy
to commit murder, shooting an occupied vehicle and using an instrument to destroy an unborn
child. He was sentenced to 18 to 24 years in prison and now has a projected release
date of October 18th 2018 …
Next up at number 5 we have Marc Cecillon. This French man is a former rugby union player
who captained the national side on 5 occasions. He was known as the Quiet Man of French Rugby
- but he made quite a name for himself in 2004. In that year, Cecillon was already retired.
He was at a party one night and was asked to leave after becoming visibly drunk. He
left but returned some time later with a revolve. He then shot his wife 5 times, killing her.
While appearing in court, Cecillion stated that he was drunk and depressed and didnt
mean to kill her. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2006, but was released on parole
in 2011.
Moving on to number 4 we have Steven Seligman[e]. This guy raced stock cars during the 1980s
and 90s. He had a pretty successful on smaller racing circuits with dreams of making it big
on the NASCAR circuit. Despite not having made it big yet, he always had thousands of
dollars in racing cars and equipment in his shop. The reason for that eventually came
to light - he was selling cocaine. Police conducted a 2 month long investigation during
which undercover agents made several drug buys from him and taped their transactions.
They suspected he was doing about 125,000 dollars in business a week. This wasnt his
first arrest either, he had similar charges dating back to 1995. He was sentenced to 27
years in prison but was eventually released - he got straight back to racing, with people
hoping he doesnt use cocaine to fund it this time …
Next up at number 3 we have Mark Rogowski[f]. Mark -Gator- Rogowski was a skateboarding
prodigy. In 1984, at the age of 14, he had already turned pro - skating all over California.
By 17, he was earning 100,000 dollars a year, partly as the face of Visions -Gator- skateboards,
which helped form his nickname. By 1990 though, the money had dried up and so had Rogowskis
career. He hit a rough patch, began to drink constantly and eventually his long term girlfriend
left him. One night, in an angry, drunken stupour, he raped and murder a friend of one
of his girlfriends - burying her body in a surfboard bag in the desert. He was sentenced
to 31 years in prison in 1992. After being denied parole in 2011, his next elegebility
for parole is in 2018. In a documentary about his life, Rogowski admits -I was a coward
emotionally and mentally, I had what I did …-
Moving on to number 2 now we have James Butler[g]. He was a super middleweight champion boxer,
starting his career off with 18 wins and only 1 loss. By 2004, his record was starting to
look more shaky and hed already been to prison for assaulting an opponent after a boxing
match was over. Then, he was charged with Manslaughter and Arson. Butler pled guilty
to killing Sam Kellerman, his long time friend whom hed got into a dispute with when Kellerman
told him to move out. After killing him, he burned his home to the ground. He was sentenced
to 29 years and 4 months in prison.
And finally at number 1 we have OJ Simpson[h]. He's perhaps the most famous example of the
law coming down on athletes - but this isnt the case youre thinking about. On October
3rd 1995, former NFL player Simpson was acquitted of the murders of his ex wife Nicole Brown
and Ronald Goldman. That trial has become one of the most famous of all time, mainly
for dividing the public on the innocent verdict. Simpson returned to the spotlight in 2008,
when, exactly 13 years after he was acquitted of the murders, he was found guilty in an
armed robbery case of a hotel casino in Las Vegas. He served 9 years in prison, eventually
being released on parole in November 2017. As a parolee, Simpson was instructed to not
consume alcohol in large quantities or spend time with other ex convicts. Failure to do
so could have landed Simpson back in jail. A spokesperson for the Department of Corrections
said she told him to not come back to prison, Simpson replied that he didnt intend to.
OK then, thats all for today! I was gonna say that this should be a warning for all
you young athletes out there to not get in trouble with the law - but actually it applies
to everyone. What do you want to see next on the channel? Let me know, thanks for watching
as always, Im Danny Burke and Ill see you all in the next video!