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A father cried in a Manhattan court on Thursday for derailing his son’s college basketball career by accepting $100,000 in secret gifts adding that other NCAA Division 1 schools had tried to recruit his son, according to the New York Post.
Brian Bowen Sr. was only in a few minutes into his testimony before he broke down in front of the Manhattan federal jury over his son “Brian “Tugs” Bowen.
Prosecutor Edward Diskant asked if “Tugs” was “presently in college?”
“No,” said Bowen.
“Why not?” asked Diskant, which led to Bowen sobbing in court.
He admitted that he’s accepted payments from companies and coaches since his son was in middle school and that he received several officers last year when “Tugs” was deciding on what college to attend.
Bowen struck an immunity deal in order to testify against James Gatto, an executive from Adidas, and two other officials from the company who were charged with paying athletes to play at schools that were sponsored by Adidas.
Bowen alleges that he received $100,000 from Gatto and the other men for his son to go to the University of Illinois.
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