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FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2006 file photo, rapper DMX is shown in New York. DMX has been arrested Thursday, July 13, 2017, in New York on federal tax fraud charges. Prosecutors say the rapper, whose given name is Earl Simmons, owes $1.7 million in taxes and has engaged in a multi-year scheme to conceal millions of dollars of income from the Internal Revenue Service. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano, File)
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FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2009 photo, DMX arrives at the 2009 VH1 Hip Hop Honors at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, in New York. DMX has been arrested in New York Thursday, July 13, 2017, on federal tax fraud charges. Prosecutors say the rapper, whose given name is Earl Simmons, owes $1.7 million in taxes and has engaged in a multi-year scheme to conceal millions of dollars of income from the Internal Revenue Service. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, File)
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FILE - In this April 30, 2012 file photo, One Goh appears in an Alameda County courtroom in Oakland, Calif. Goh a disgruntled former nursing student who pleaded no contest to killing seven people at a Northern California vocational college five years ago will spend the rest of his life in prison following his sentencing Friday, July 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)
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In this undated photo released by the FBI on July 14, 2017, Kentucky lawyer Eric Conn is seen on security footage at a New Mexico gas station. Conn, who pleaded guilty in March to stealing from the federal government and bribing a judge in a more than $500 million Social Security fraud case, disappeared June 2, a month before his sentencing. The FBI traced a truck he was driving to New Mexico, where it was abandoned, but said there is no indication that Conn has crossed into Mexico. (FBI via AP)
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This undated photo provided by the Bucks County District Attorney's Office in Doylestown, Pa., shows Sean Kratz of Philadelphia. Kratz was charged Friday, July 14, 2017, with 20 counts, including three counts of criminal homicide in the Friday, July 7, 2017, killings of three Pennsylvania men. Cosmo DiNardo, an admitted drug dealer with a history of mental illness was also charged in the July 5, 2017, killing of a fourth man. (Bucks County District Attorney's Office via AP)
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The bulletproof glass booth in which Adolf Eichmann testified during his trial in Jerusalem District Court is displayed in the "Operation Finale: The Capture & Trial of Adolf Eichmann" exhibit at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, in New York, Friday, July 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Eric C. Conn, the man responsible for the largest Social Security disability fraud in history, was sentenced in absentia Friday to 12 years in prison. He is on the loose and wanted by authorities. (Photo courtesy of the FBI)
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FILE - In this May 17, 2017, file photo, Betty Shelby leaves the courtroom with her husband, Dave, right, after the jury in her manslaughter case began deliberations in Tulsa, Okla. Shelby, who was acquitted in May of fatally shooting an unarmed black man, has submitted her resignation from the police force, her lawyer said Friday, July 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)
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Ryan Leaf was selected by the San Diego Chargers as the second overall pick in the 1998 NFL Draft after Peyton Manning, but his career was short and interrupted by poor play, bad behavior, and injuries, and struggled with his work ethic and ability to stay focused. He would later have legal troubles involving drugs beginning in 2010, after a Texas judge sentenced him to 10 years probation. Two years later, Leaf pleaded guilty to felony burglary and drug possession in Montana. After a suspended sentence with a stint in drug rehabilitation, Leaf began serving a seven-year sentence in state prison in December 2012. In 2014, Leaf was sentenced to five years in prison for breaking into a home in Montana to steal prescription drugs, which violated his Texas probation. He was released from prison on December 3, 2014
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Mike Tyson reigned as the undisputed world heavyweight champion and holds the record as the youngest boxer to win a heavyweight title at 20 years, 4 months and 22 days old. Tyson was arrested in July 1991 for the rape of 18-year-old Desiree Washington, Miss Black Rhode Island, in an Indianapolis hotel room. On March 26, 1992, Tyson was sentenced to six years in prison along with four years of probation. Despite being 25 years old at the time of the crime, he was assigned to the Indiana Youth Center in April 1992, and he was released in March 1995 after serving less than three years of his six-year sentence. During his incarceration, Mike Tyson converted to Islam. He took the Muslim name Malik Abdul Aziz. Due to his conviction, Tyson was required to register as a tier II sex offender under federal law
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Pete Rose played in MLB from 1963 to 1986, and managed from 1984 to 1989. Three years after he retired as an active player, Rose agreed to permanent ineligibility from baseball amidst accusations that he gambled on baseball games while playing for and managing the Reds, including claims that he bet on his own team. On April 20, 1990, Rose pleaded guilty to two charges of filing false income tax returns not showing income he received from selling autographs and memorabilia, and from horse racing winnings. On July 19, Rose was sentenced to five months in the medium security Prison Camp at the United States Penitentiary in Marion, Illinois, and fined $50,000.
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FILE - Top row, from left, Ray Lewis listens to proceedings in Atlanta Municipal Court on Feb. 1, 2000. Michael Vick is shown in a Surry County Sheriff's Office booking photo in Sept. 2007. Adam "Pacman" Jones wears a neck brace in a booking photo from the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office after his arrest on resisting arrest and misdemeanor disorderly conduct charges on July 10, 2011. Bottom row, from left, Ryan Leaf is shown in a Cascade County (Mont.) Sherrif's Office booking photo after his arrest on burglary and drug possession charges on March 30, 2012. Art Schlichter grimaces during sentencing on Sept. 15, 2011, in Franklin County Common Pleas Court in Columbus, Ohio. O.J. Simpson is shown in a booking photo at the Clark County Detention Center, after he was found guilty on all charges in his Las Vegas kidnapping and robbery case on Oct. 3, 2008. (AP Photo/File)
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O. J. Simpson nicknamed The Juice, is a former NFL running back, broadcaster, actor, and convicted armed robber and kidnapper. In 1995, Simpson was acquitted of the 1994 murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman after a lengthy and internationally publicized trial. In 2007, Simpson was arrested in Las Vegas, Nevada, and charged with the felonies of armed robbery and kidnapping. In 2008, he was convicted and sentenced to 33 years imprisonment, with a minimum of nine years without parole. He is serving his sentence at the Lovelock Correctional Center in Lovelock, Nevada.
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. is considered to be one of the greatest boxers of all time, undefeated as a professional, and a five-division world champion, Mayweather has won fifteen world titles and the lineal championship in four different weight classes. On Decemeber 21, 2012, Mayweather was sentenced to six months of jail time after pleading guilty to misdemeanor battery domestic violence and harassment charges stemming from a 2010 incident with the mother of his children.
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Art Schlichter was picked fourth in 1982 NFL Draft by the Baltimore Colts. Known for his compulsive gambling and the legal problems that arose from it, he blew his entire signing bonus by midseason. His gambling spiraled out of control during the 1982 NFL strike, including him losing $20,000 betting on college football. By the end of the strike, he had at least $700,000 in gambling debts. Over the years, Schlichter has, by his own count, committed more than 20 felonies. Between 1995 and 2006, he served the equivalent of 10 years in 44 various prisons and jails across the Midwest. His various legal problems, including fraud cases and forgery, among others, were often well-publicized. For example, he was so consumed by his habit that he had his public defender smuggle a cell phone into prison so he could place bets. On February 9, 2011, reports emerged that Schlichter was under investigation for fraud. Schlichter was charged with a first-degree felony in connection with the theft of more than $1 million on February 14, 2011. On September 15, 2011, Schlichter was sentenced to 10 years in state prison for his involvement in a million-dollar ticket scam. As a result of a positive drug test, Schlicter was sentenced to 10 years, 7 months in federal prison to be served concurrently with the Ohio sentence, plus $2.2 million in restitution; the Indiana probation was canceled with the federal sentence.
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Maurice Clarett played running back for the Ohio State Buckeyes. During his freshman year at Ohio State University in 2002, he helped lead the Buckeyes to a national championship. He is well known for unsuccessfully challenging the NFL's draft eligibility rules requiring a player to be three years removed from high school and for his tumultuous life outside of football, including his dismissal from Ohio State, several arrests, and imprisonment. He sentenced to 7 1/2 years after pleading guilty to aggravated robbery and carrying a concealed weapon
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Jayson Williams played in the NBA for the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Nets. In 2010, Williams pleaded guilty to assault in the accidental shooting death of a limousine driver. He served an 18-month prison sentence and was released in April 2012.
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Michael Vick played 13 seasons in the NFL, primarily with the Atlanta Falcons and the Philadelphia Eagles. He was selected by the Falcons as the first overall pick in the 2001 NFL Draft. During his six years with the Falcons, Vick was regarded as having transformed the quarterback position with his rushing abilities and was named to three Pro Bowls. He holds the record for the most career rushing yards by a quarterback (6,109) and the most rushing yards by a quarterback in a season (1,039). Vick's NFL career came to a halt in 2007 after he pleaded guilty for his involvement in a dog fighting ring and spent 21 months in federal prison. His arrest and subsequent conviction garnered Vick notoriety with the general public, which lasted throughout the rest of his career. He was released by the Falcons shortly before leaving prison.
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Marion Jones a former world champion track and field athlete and a former professional basketball player for Tulsa Shock in the WNBA. She won three gold medals and two bronze medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, but was later stripped of the titles after admitting to steroid use. Jones did retain her three gold medals as a world champion from 1997 and 1999. At the time of her admission and subsequent guilty plea, Marion Jones was one of the most famous athletes to be linked to the BALCO scandal. The case against BALCO covered more than 20 top level athletes, including Jones's ex-husband, shot putter C.J. Hunter, and 100 m sprinter Tim Montgomery, the father of Jones's first child. She served six months in federal prison for lying to federal agents
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Ugueth Urbina a two-time All-Star, Urbina led the National League in saves with 41 in the 1999 season and helped the Florida Marlins win the 2003 World Series. On November 7, 2005, Urbina was arrested by Venezuelan authorities on a charge of attempted murder for an incident that occurred a few weeks previous, on October 16. Urbina attacked five farm workers on his property whom he had accused of stealing a gun. The pitcher tried to injure the men with a machete and also attempted to pour gasoline on them. On March 28, 2007, Urbina was convicted of attempted murder and sentenced to fourteen years and seven months in prison. He was released, however, on December 24, 2012, after serving just over seven years of his sentence.
