The Tim Donaghy saga continues
The strange case of Tim Dongahy took another bizarre twist Thursday, when a confidante told several media outlets that the disgraced NBA referee was assaulted in federal prison last November.
Donahgy is serving a 15-month sentence in Pensacola, Fla., for his part in a gambling operation. His sentence expires in October but, next week, Donaghy is scheduled to enter a halfway house in Tampa in preparation for his release.
Pat Zaranek is employed by Executive Prison Consultants, which is a company serving as an advocate for federal prisons.
According to a press release issued Executive Prison Consultants, an inmate claiming he has ties to the New York mob attacked Donaghy seven months ago.
The prisoner allegedly beat Donaghy with a heavy object, causing knee and leg injuries that Zaranek says will require surgery.
His source: Donaghy.
"We are also in possession of the various medical reports," Zaranek told the Associated Press. "The medical reports and the particular incident reports cannot yet be released - not until he is released in October. He plans to tell his story via a book that is being written."
Zaranek also said that Donaghy claimed he was told he would be shot in the head and his kneecaps would be broken.
According to the company, the prison handled the incident internally. Donaghy was placed in protective status and the other inmate punished.
According to Zaranek, Donaghy will start his search for a job and begin reconnecting with his family while at the halfway house.
Donaghy was a 13-year NBA veteran. He pleaded guilty in August of 2007 to charges that he engaged in wire fraud and transmitted wagering information through interstate commerce.
What do I make of the latest incident involving Donaghy?
It sounds like the publicity people have already started promoting his book.
-- Steve Luhm
Donahgy is serving a 15-month sentence in Pensacola, Fla., for his part in a gambling operation. His sentence expires in October but, next week, Donaghy is scheduled to enter a halfway house in Tampa in preparation for his release.
Pat Zaranek is employed by Executive Prison Consultants, which is a company serving as an advocate for federal prisons.
According to a press release issued Executive Prison Consultants, an inmate claiming he has ties to the New York mob attacked Donaghy seven months ago.
The prisoner allegedly beat Donaghy with a heavy object, causing knee and leg injuries that Zaranek says will require surgery.
His source: Donaghy.
"We are also in possession of the various medical reports," Zaranek told the Associated Press. "The medical reports and the particular incident reports cannot yet be released - not until he is released in October. He plans to tell his story via a book that is being written."
Zaranek also said that Donaghy claimed he was told he would be shot in the head and his kneecaps would be broken.
According to the company, the prison handled the incident internally. Donaghy was placed in protective status and the other inmate punished.
According to Zaranek, Donaghy will start his search for a job and begin reconnecting with his family while at the halfway house.
Donaghy was a 13-year NBA veteran. He pleaded guilty in August of 2007 to charges that he engaged in wire fraud and transmitted wagering information through interstate commerce.
What do I make of the latest incident involving Donaghy?
It sounds like the publicity people have already started promoting his book.
-- Steve Luhm
7:15 PM
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1 Comments:
Seems like a bit of a wasted effort to shoot someone in the head and then break their knee caps.
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