WRALSportsFancom - Bad Sporters https://www.badsporters.com News Blogging About Athletes Being Caught Up Tue, 09 Jan 2018 14:10:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 Ex-wife of slain NBA player agrees to face Tennessee charges :: WRALSportsFan.com https://www.badsporters.com/2018/01/09/ex-wife-of-slain-nba-player-agrees-to-face-tennessee-charges-wralsportsfan-com/ https://www.badsporters.com/2018/01/09/ex-wife-of-slain-nba-player-agrees-to-face-tennessee-charges-wralsportsfan-com/#respond Tue, 09 Jan 2018 14:10:20 +0000 http://www.badsporters.com/?p=1475 RIVERSIDE, Calif. — The ex-wife of former NBA player Lorenzen Wright will not fight authorities’ attempt to send her from California to Tennessee, where she’s charged with killing him nearly eight years ago. Sherra Wright briefly appeared in Riverside County Superior Court on Monday and agreed to go back to Tennessee to face first-degree murder […]

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— The ex-wife of former NBA player Lorenzen Wright will not fight authorities’ attempt to send her from California to Tennessee, where she’s charged with killing him nearly eight years ago.

Sherra Wright briefly appeared in Riverside County Superior Court on Monday and agreed to go back to Tennessee to face first-degree murder charges, the Desert Sun newspaper reported.

Authorities now have 30 days to bring her to Memphis, where Lorenzen Wright’s decomposing body was found in 2010. The 34-year-old had been shot multiple times.

He played for 13 seasons as a forward and center in the NBA, including several for the Grizzlies in Memphis, where he was born and raised.

Sherra Wright was arrested in December. Her attorney, Eric Keen, would not say Monday why she decided to waive extradition after previously vowing to fight it. Keen said lawyers in Tennessee will now take over the case.

Superior Court Judge David Gunn asked Sherra Wright several questions to make sure she understood she would be extradited. Each time, she said, “Yes.”

A man, who Keen identified as Sherra Wright’s husband, attended the hearing, the newspaper reported. He did not speak to reporters.

A December statement from the Shelby County district attorney’s office in Tennessee said Sherra Wright and a landscaper named Billy R. Turner conspired to kill Lorenzen Wright.

Turner was arrested last month after a gun used in the killing was discovered in a lake in Mississippi. He also has been charged with first-degree murder. He has pleaded not guilty.

Sherra Wright received $1 million from her ex-husband’s life insurance policy. She agreed to a settlement in 2014 in a court dispute over how she spent the money meant to benefit their six children, the Commercial Appeal newspaper in Memphis has reported.

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Felony assault case against NCSU guard Markell Johnson continued into January :: WRALSportsFan.com https://www.badsporters.com/2017/12/28/felony-assault-case-against-ncsu-guard-markell-johnson-continued-into-january-wralsportsfan-com/ https://www.badsporters.com/2017/12/28/felony-assault-case-against-ncsu-guard-markell-johnson-continued-into-january-wralsportsfan-com/#respond Thu, 28 Dec 2017 15:32:35 +0000 http://www.badsporters.com/?p=866 Raleigh, N.C. — A felony assault case in Ohio against North Carolina State guard Markell Johnson was continued Thursday morning until early January. Johnson, 19, and three others were charged Dec. 5 with felony assault in connection with an October incident. Johnson posted a $5,000 cash bail on Dec. 20 and appeared Thursday morning for a […]

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— A felony assault case in Ohio against North Carolina State guard Markell Johnson was continued Thursday morning until early January.

Johnson, 19, and three others were charged Dec. 5 with felony assault in connection with an October incident.

Johnson posted a $5,000 cash bail on Dec. 20 and appeared Thursday morning for a pretrial hearing in Cuyahoga County court.

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The case was continued until Jan. 8, according to WKYC.

Johnson started the first 10 games of NC State’s season before being suspended indefinitely on Dec. 16, prior to the Wolfpack’s game against UNC-Greensboro.

The school said Dec. 16 that Johnson committed a violation of the student-athlete code of conduct and has not commented on the matter since.

Johnson averaged 8.7 points and 6.6 assists in 10 starts for the Wolfpack.

Prior to arriving in Raleigh, Johnson starred at Cleveland’s East Tech High School. He was named Cleveland.com Boys Basketball Player of the Year following a junior season in which he averaged 31.6 points, 7.4 rebounds and 3.5 steals.

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