Judge gives ex-OU football player 5 years for scheme that bilked $870,000 out of investors, says 'I

Judge gives ex-OU football player 5 years for scheme that bilked $870,000 out of investors, says 'I would have gone more'


A former University of Oklahoma football player who dreamed of being a country music star was sentenced to prison Thursday after pleading guilty to charges related to phony business ventures that bilked investors out of more than $800,000.

U.S. District Judge John Dowdell ordered Timothy Paul “T.J.” Hamilton Jr., 32, to serve five years in federal prison, telling the defendant he wanted to sentence him to more time behind bars.

“The government limited me to five years,” Dowdell said. “I would have gone more.”

Hamilton pleaded guilty in September in an agreement with prosecutors to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

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