💸 Antoine Walker, Vince Young debt fights: $822,500 to $2.5M
Walker pleaded guilty over casino debt; Young settled a lender judgment fight; Owens' camp denies missing support payments. 🗣️
By MrMuscles, sports desk · Desk editor Gustavs Ērkšķis-Kreicbergs · · 4 min read
ON RECORDPhoto: TonyTheTiger · CC BY-SA 3.0What we know
- Yahoo Sports reported that debt collectors sued Larry English in Los Angeles County over a $93,500 City National Bank loan; a message seeking his comment was not returned.
- The Las Vegas Sun reported June 28, 2011 that Antoine Walker pleaded guilty to felony bad check charges tied to gambling debts owed to three Las Vegas casinos.
- The Houston Chronicle reported that Vince Young filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Jan. 17, 2014 to forestall collection of a judgment of about $2.5M, then asked for dismissal after a settlement.
- A petition filed in Fulton County Superior Court sought $10,000 in child support from Terrell Owens; his camp said he never missed a payment.
Yahoo Sports reported that debt collectors sued former Chargers pass rusher Larry English in Los Angeles County this month, accusing him of not repaying a $93,500 City National Bank loan, according to court documents obtained by the California Post. The suit seeks that sum plus interest at 11.50 percent and attorney's fees. Yahoo said a message seeking comment from English was not returned. Those are allegations, so here is how other athletes' money fights actually ended on the record.
The record: debts that reached a courtroom
Antoine Walker: $822,500 in casino markers
A criminal complaint filed in July 2009 said Walker owed $822,500 to three Las Vegas casinos after writing 10 checks totaling $1 million from an account with insufficient funds, the Boston Globe reported. ESPN reported that prosecutors said he had repaid $178,000 before charges were filed and faced $82,550 in prosecution fees. Nevada treats unpaid casino markers as bad checks, ESPN noted. His lawyer did not immediately respond to ESPN's messages.
See the receipt (opens in a new tab)Antoine Walker: guilty plea, then probation
The Las Vegas Sun reported June 28, 2011 that Walker pleaded guilty that morning to felony bad check charges in Clark County District Court, with the plea entered by his attorneys. He had pleaded not guilty in June 2010. Under the plea agreement he was expected to avoid jail and be put on probation, with a court order to repay the casinos on debts of more than $750,000, a deputy district attorney said.
See the receipt (opens in a new tab)Antoine Walker: Chapter 7 bankruptcy in 2010
USA Today reported that Walker filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in 2010, two years after his final NBA game and after more than $108 million in contract money. Walker told USA Today the downfall came from personally guaranteeing a real estate company's loans. Sports World News reported he sold his 2006 championship ring for $21,500, and that he told Comcast Sports in 2013 he was "debt-free, through bankruptcy".
See the receipt (opens in a new tab)Vince Young: the Pro Player Funding loan
AP reported in September 2012 that Young borrowed nearly $1.9 million from Pro Player Funding during the 2011 NFL lockout at 20 percent interest, with $619,122 in interest paid up front. Per court records cited by AP, the loan went into default after a May payment was missed, and Young is seeking to stop the lender from enforcing a judgment of nearly $1.7 million. Young claims he did not knowingly sign the loan documents. Pro Player says the signatures were notarized and emails show he helped arrange repayment.
See the receipt (opens in a new tab)Vince Young: Chapter 11, then a settlement
The Houston Chronicle reported that Young filed a voluntary Chapter 11 petition on Jan. 17, 2014, primarily to forestall collection by Pro Player Funding, which had a judgment with interest of about $2.5 million. Two weeks later his attorneys asked a federal judge to dismiss the case, saying he had reached a resolution with his primary creditor. The settlement terms were not revealed in the motion, and Pro Player's attorney had no comment.
See the receipt (opens in a new tab)Vince Young: the $5.5M suit against his advisers
Young sued his former agent and a North Carolina financial planner in Houston in June 2012, alleging they misappropriated $5.5 million, AP reported. The agent's attorney said Young was "scrambling helplessly and pointing in all directions to blame others", and the planner filed a countersuit. The Houston Chronicle later reported that Young settled with the planner, though Young's attorney said he was still waiting on the planner to perform.
See the receipt (opens in a new tab)Terrell Owens: a $10,000 child support petition
A petition filed in September 2011 in Fulton County Superior Court sought $10,000, two months of missed payments at $5,000 a month, or a finding of contempt, according to a law firm's account of the mother's lawyer's claims. Owens' camp said earlier that summer he had never missed a payment and had told the mother he could pay only half of one month's support. The documents read do not say how the petition ended.
See the receipt (opens in a new tab)The scoreboard
| Athlete | What reached court | Amount in the record | How it ended on record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antoine Walker | Casino markers, bad check charges | $822,500 | Pleaded guilty in 2011; probation expected; Chapter 7 in 2010 |
| Vince Young | Pro Player Funding loan judgment | About $2.5M with interest | Settled; terms not disclosed; Chapter 11 dismissal sought |
| Terrell Owens | Child support petition | $10,000 | Outcome not in documents read; his camp denied missing payments |
| Larry English | City National Bank loan suit | $93,500 plus interest | Filed; his response is not on record |
The pattern is plain: pleas, judgments and settlements close these files, and filings only open them. English is at the filing stage, with no response on record. MrMuscles will wait for the docket.
Quick quiz · 3 questions
By the numbers
- 23 mofrom first to latest entry on record
- 12receipts behind this story
Earlier on file: Terrell Owens served with defamation suit by Nolan Wells' friends
The Antoine Walker file
- Admitted
Walker pleaded guilty to felony bad check charges in Clark County District Court, per the Las Vegas Sun. This story
- Reported
Walker filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, per USA Today. This story
- Filed
A criminal complaint said Walker owed $822,500 to three Las Vegas casinos over 10 checks, per ESPN and the Boston Globe. This story
On file: The Antoine Walker file · The Terrell Owens file · The Vince Young file
The Ledger
On the record
- Walker pleaded guilty in 2011 to felony bad check charges over casino debts; Young's $2.5M lender judgment ended in a settlement, per his bankruptcy motion.
Still rumour
- The terms of Young's settlement, how Owens' child support petition ended, and English's response to the City National Bank suit are not confirmed in the documents read.
That's the record. The rest is rumour. - MrMuscles
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