Tim Donaghy went from disgraced former NBA referee, to a member of an Aryan Brotherhood type prison gang, according to a new feature by Pat Jordan in New York Magazine.
Donaghy, sentenced to 15 months in federal prison in 2008 for betting on games while working as an NBA referee, reportedly joined a white power gang to survive while in prison.
“Too many criminals,” he says. Men who had killed informants, meth dealers, wives. He called his mother: “Mom! Oh my God! I don’t belong here! I could get killed.” But that didn’t stop him from ratting out his fellow inmates for gambling. Then he joined a white-power gang to avoid retribution (he didn’t want to get the tattoo and says they let him shave his head instead).
Donaghy served 11 months before being released to a halfway house, where he violated the terms of his release and was sent back to finish the duration of his sentence. He reportedly joined the gang after being beaten up in an incident.
H/T: LBS