I have a feeling a few more high-profile names will come out in the midst of this huge investigation.
Ex-Giants and Saints tight end Jeremy Shockey is being investigated by the FBI for his involvement with the same drug and gambling ring that brought down Derek Loville.
According to Brad Hamilton of the New York Post — Shockey was questioned last week about his friendship with the ringleader Owen Hanson.
The investigation is ongoing and appears to be widening, The Post has learned. According to a contact list belonging to Hanson — a copy of which The Post obtained — the alleged ringleader associated with dozens of pro athletes, including NFL, MLB and NBA players, and even police detectives.
Three agents last week paid a visit to Shockey at his home in Miami and quizzed him about his long friendship with Hanson, knowing that the two traveled together to Costa Rica in 2010 and flew back and forth between Miami and LA, where Hanson lived, to hang out. But Shockey told them he had no clue his pal was dealing coke or taking sports bets.
“I thought he was in the real-estate business like me,” Shockey told The Post. “I’m a straight businessman. I don’t hang out with drug dealers or prostitutes. I’m here with my girlfriend making out, and I get a knock on my door from these agents. I said to them, ‘Come on in. I got nothing to hide.’”
Shockey had no problem offering up information — as he reportedly confirmed Hanson knows a lot of basketball and baseball stars beside himself and Reggie Bush.