Federal prosecutors allege that agent Christian Dawkins paid $6,000 bribes to unnamed assistant coaches from schools in Texas and Nebraska in 2017.
Former sports agent Christian Dawkins arrives at federal court in New York on Oct. 24, 2018. investigation, according to a superseding indictment filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan.
The schools, referred to in the document as University-1 and University-2, are identified only as being located in Nebraska and Texas.People familiar with the case who spoke on the condition they not be named because of the ongoing legal proceedings identified the schools as Creighton University, located in Omaha, Neb., and Texas Christian University, located in Fort Worth.
Federal prosecutors allege that Christian Dawkins, in an attempt to start a sports management company, paid $6,000 bribes to an unnamed assistant coach from each school during meetings in a Las Vegas hotel room on July 28, 2017. In exchange, the superseding indictment said, the assistant coaches agreed to direct players at their schools to use Dawkins’ company when they turned professional.
Dawkins and Adidas employee Merl Code are scheduled for trial in the case next month on six charges that include conspiracy to commit bribery and honest services wire fraud.
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