- Davis was found guilty of multiple fraud charges in November
- He played a role in defrauding the NBA’s health care plan of more than $5 million.
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Former Boston Celtics star Glen ‘Big Baby’ Davis has posted his reaction to the prison sentence handed down in a fraud case.
Davis was sentenced to 40 months in prison and three years of supervised release by a federal judge Thursday for his role in defrauding the league’s health care plan of more than $5 million over four years.
In a video on his Instagram Live, Davis made a rude comment about how he would spend time in jail before saying he was about to go ‘out of control’ over the lack of fast food in his neighborhood.
‘Curse. Although I have a cold imagination. I do that acting shit. I have a cold imagination,’ Davis said before using a euphemism for masturbation.
—But I’m going to go crazy. I swear to God, I’m about to get in really good shape. About God. The only way to stop me from eating hamburgers is to put me in prison.
Glen ‘Big Baby’ Davis has reacted to his 40-year sentence for his role in a fraud scheme
Davis, who won a title with the Celtics, was one of four NBA stars who let the league down
“That’s what God says, I’m going to stop you from eating hamburgers and I’m going to send you to jail.” Don’t want to stop eating hamburgers and Cheetos? You’re going to go to jail. So now I’m going to become The Rock.”
Davis is one of four prominent former NBA players sentenced in the case after being found guilty of the scheme in which at least 20 people helped submit or falsify claims to the NBA health care plan.
The 2008 NBA champion submitted claims worth a total of $132,000, and prosecutors proved nearly all of them fraudulent using cell phone geolocation data and related travel expenses.
He was also ordered to make a payment of $80,000 in restitution with financial management classes and mandatory drug testing as conditional conditions of his eventual release.
Davis, a second-round pick in 2007 out of LSU, was part of the Boston Celtics that won the NBA title in 2008 and last played in the league with the Clippers in 2015.
Davis was convicted in November of defrauding the NBA’s health plan.
Davis, 38, was convicted in November of health care fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to make false statements and conspiracy to commit health care and wire fraud. On Thursday he faced a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.
Davis is the fifth NBA player sentenced in connection with the scheme, joining Terrence Williams, Keyon Dooling, Alan Anderson and Will Bynum.
Williams was the ringleader of the scheme and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Bynum received an 18-month sentence for making false statements to the health and welfare plan.
Dooling, a former vice president of the National Basketball Players Association, was sentenced to 30 months and Anderson received 24 months in prison for their roles.
Dooling was ordered to forfeit $449,250 and make restitution payments totaling $547,495.