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Wednesday, July 17, 2019
Lawyer sentenced to 5 years for scamming Barkley, others
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.
(AP) — A lawyer convicted
of swindling NBA star
Charles Barkley and using
the name of former Secre-
tary of State Condoleezza
Rice to bolster an invest-
ment scam was sentenced to
fi ve years in prison Tuesday.
U.S. District Judge
Karon O. Bowdre also
ordered Donald Watkins
to pay about $14 million in
restitution.
Prosecutors had sought
a prison sentence of 17½
years for Watkins and 6½
years for his son, Donald
Watkins Jr. Both were con-
victed on fraud and conspir-
acy charges earlier this year.
The two men stole more
than $15 million from inves-
tors and a bank, prosecutors
said.
Bowdre said she took
the elder man’s age, 70, into
consideration in imposing a
lighter sentence, but the term
was stiffer than the home
confi nement requested by
Watkins. She then began a
sentencing hearing for the
son.
During the pair’s trial
AP Photo/Butch Dill, File
In this June 1, 2005, fi le photo, defense attorney Donald Watkins talks on his cellphone out-
side the Hugo Black Federal Courthouse in Birmingham, Ala., during deliberations in the
fraud trial of HealthSouth Corp. founder and fi red CEO Richard Scrushy.
earlier this year, witnesses
including Barkley testifi ed
about losing money in an
investment scheme run by
the elder Watkins.
Barkley, who grew up
near Birmingham and now
works as a television ana-
lyst, described himself as a
friend of the elder Watkins,
who has split time living in
both Alabama and Atlanta.
Barkley lost more than
$6 million in investments
and loans, prosecutors said,
and so did other professional
athletes including former
NFL players Takeo Spikes
and Bryan Thomas and
former NBA star Damon
Stoudamire.
Stoudamire’s wife, Nata-
sha
Taylor-Stoudamire,
spoke at the sentencing
and said she couldn’t com-
prehend what Watkins had
done.
“I can’t even comprehend
how Donald Watkins Sr. and
Jr. can take money from me
or the rest the victims that
were trying to have gener-
ational wealth for our chil-
dren’s children,” she said,
according to al.com.
Rice, a native of Bir-
mingham, testifi ed that Wat-
kins wrongly used her name
in promoting an energy
business at the heart of the
case. Prosecutors said Wat-
kins included Rice’s name
in an email to investors
although she had declined to
get involved.
Watkins once served as
a city council member in
Montgomery and helped
successfully defend Health-
South Corp. founder Rich-
ard Scrushy in a massive
fraud that nearly bankrupted
the company, now known as
Encompass Health. He also
has worked on civil rights
cases.
More than 15 years ago,
Watkins drew media atten-
tion when he attempted to
purchase a major league
baseball team. More recently
he said he was attempting
to purchase the NFL’s St.
Louis Rams before the team
moved to Los Angeles.
Although he portrayed
himself as wealthy, prosecu-
tors said Watkins had a net
worth of only a few thou-
sand dollars.
Writing in a blog post
before the sentencing, Wat-
kins Sr. said he would con-
tinue to appeal his convic-
tion and claimed he was
innocent.
“Jurors try to do the
right thing, more often than
not. However, my 46-years
of active participation in
the American judicial sys-
tem has shown me (and the
world) that well-meaning
jurors often convict innocent
defendants,” Watkins wrote.
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