Michael Bennett had a 10-year NFL career which for a running back is quite impressive, so he made some decent money, but obviously not enough.
A former Vikings running back was sentenced Wednesday to five years in state prison after pleading no contest to felonies including burglary and identity theft.
Michael Antwon Bennett, 38, was sentenced for charges related to a 2015 incident in which he fraudulently took out $225,000 worth of loans in the name of his girlfriend’s parents, according to the Sonoma County district attorney’s office.
Bennett, a first-round pick by the Vikings in 2001 who also played for the Chiefs, Bucs and Chargers in his 10-year career, was living on his girlfriend’s parents property in 2015 when he broke into their home and stole documents he then used to steal their identities, the district attorney’s office said in a statement.
Bennett was already on probation for wire fraud, so at this moment in his life, he is a professional scammer.