This sounds like a bad plot of Bad Boys.
What in the hell was DeAndre Baker thinking? There are so many things wrong here. You wonder why athletes go broke or in this case ruining their careers here is exhibit A.
They should show this story to all rookies coming into the league.
It is insane and the stupidity was at the highest levels.
Here is what allegedly went down.
The police documents, which include victims and witness testimonies and information obtained from search warrants by cops as well as surveillance and body cam footage and detective notes, allege the now-former Giants cornerback suffered a huge loss in a high-stakes dice game on May 12, tried to steal it back that night — and returned with a firearm the next evening to rob the game’s big winner and three others at a Miramar, Fla., gambling party.
Several victims said word on the street cited a $100,000 “contract … on our heads.” Victim 4 claimed he heard Baker’s father went to a local “American gangster” named Blok to insure the witnesses would “hush-up and shut-up.” A detective says he was told the local bad guy was related to Dunbar, who was arrested with Baker but dodged prosecution due to “insufficient evidence.”
According to the documents, Baker allegedly lost money gambling on May 12 and took it back by force at gunpoint the next night. He was playing in a big-money dice game with Victim 1 at the Quality Inn in Hollywood, Fla., with close to $100,000 at stake inside the crowded hotel suite, the documents allege.
Lawyer Bradford Cohen “stated he has learned through his investigator about a group of individuals that scam professional athletes and their modus operandi is similar to what transpired at this residence,” according to the documents.
“When DeAndre Baker pulled out that gun, he looked like one of the guys in the projects that I see,” recounted Victim 3. “It was like he was playing in a movie or something … We were — (in) our minds … we’re blown away from the start. Like this fool really pulled out a gun on us. And we’re the gangsters, you know what I mean?”
If even 10% of this is true, Baker is one of the dumbest people on the planet.
He is looking at a long time in jail if convicted and he has been cut by the Giants.
Flip the page for Baker now being hit with a civil suit.