February 22nd 2024.
U.S. Marshals had to take Brittish Williams into custody as she failed to turn herself in to authorities. The well-known Basketball Wives star from St. Louis was arrested on February 20th after not complying with the request to begin serving her four-year sentence at a federal prison. According to Fox 2 Now, this happened almost a year after Williams pleaded guilty to multiple charges, including Social Security number misuse, bank fraud, and wire fraud.
Initially, Williams was given an extension to surrender herself due to her lawyer's request for a date after the Christmas holiday. The court rescheduled her surrender date to January 3rd, 2024. However, when Williams did not report to the designated Federal Prison Camp in Alderson, West Virginia, on the set date, U.S. Marshals had to arrest her in St. Louis.
The former Marriage Boot Camp participant was indicted in September 2021. Along with her four-year prison term, Williams was also ordered to serve five years of supervised release and pay $564,069 in restitution. Her lawyer, Michael Thompson, explained to the judge that the miscommunication was the only reason for Williams' failure to turn herself in and that it was not her intention to miss the surrender date. He also apologized on her behalf.
Despite the explanation, the judge decided to revoke Williams' bond and ordered her to be placed in the custody of U.S. Marshals for extradition to the women's minimum-security facility in Alderson. Williams had pleaded guilty in 2022 to 15 federal charges, including tax fraud, bank fraud, insurance fraud, and pandemic-related fraud. She is accused of fabricating insurance bills, providing false information to the IRS and on loan applications, and using other people's Social Security numbers to open bank accounts and lines of credit. The authorities estimate that Williams fraudulently obtained around $564,000.
Williams first appeared on Basketball Wives in Season 3, where she was engaged to professional basketball player Lorenzo Gordon. She returned in Season 10 and shared her legal troubles on the show. Gordon has also been charged with fraud for falsifying applications for pandemic relief loans. Williams and Gordon have a daughter together, who was born in 2018. It's been reported that Williams lost a $30,000 deal with Fenty due to her house arrest bracelet. The reality TV star's legal issues have caused significant repercussions in her personal and professional life.
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