Film & TV Maurice Clarett and The Mob

[Morris]

ESPN headline story. Note the interesting connection Clarett has:

Maurice Clarett was bankrolled by an alleged member of an Israeli crime organization after leaving Ohio State, ESPN has learned, and Clarett's attorney said Thursday that his client may have been in possession of firearms last week to protect himself against mob activity.

In the late summer of 2004, ESPN has learned, Clarett traveled to Los Angeles and was introduced by a rapper friend to Hai Waknine, 35, a convicted felon who prosecutors believe is a member of an Israeli crime organization called The Jerusalem Group. Waknine, who at the time was being indicted on extortion and money-laundering charges, became Clarett's sponsor and adviser, along with Waknine's attorney, David Kenner. Waknine provided Clarett with cash, a BMW, bodyguards, drivers and beachfront lodging in Malibu, with the understanding that he would be reimbursed and receive 60 percent of Clarett's rookie contract.

Waknine, who was unavailable for comment Thursday, is expected to receive a nine-year prison term at his sentencing Sept. 11. His attorney, Kenner -- the former lawyer for Death Row Records and its founder, Marion "Suge" Knight -- did not return phone messages.

 

[troublesome2004]

Very interesting info. And 'The Jerusalem Group' - how creative...

 

[Snowman]

I Believe hes gonna wind up pleading insanity. spend the remaining years of his life in a nut ward. an with Clarett living in Ohio, Im gonna be paying his medical bills an his medication, when my state tax goes up higher.

Ship his ass to Indiana, let them deal with it.