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Clinton Portis Faces A Decade In Prison After Pleading Guilty To Conspiracy To Commit Health Care Fraud

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Clinton Portis is facing serious prison time.

According to ProFootballTalk, Portis has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud after participating in a “scheme” to defraud the Gene Upshaw NFL Players Health Reimbursement Account Plan. (RELATED: David Hookstead Is The True King In The North When It Comes To College Football)

The former Washington running back is accused of seeking nearly $100,000 in reimbursement money for a cryosauna and oxygen chamber, despite the fact they weren’t medically necessary, according to the same report. His initial trial resulted in a hung jury.

He’s now facing up to 10 years in prison and will pay restitution of $99,264 to the Gene Upshaw NFL Players Health Reimbursement Account Plan.

 

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A decade behind bars isn’t a joke at all. That’s a substantial amount of time, especially when you consider Portis is already 40 years old.

He’s far from a spring chicken and he could get put behind bars until his 50th birthday. That’s just a brutal situation for him to be in.

 

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It’s amazing how far Portis has fallen from grace. He went from being an NFL superstar to facing a decade in prison and allegedly not paying child support.

It’s hard to imagine how things could have possibly gone much worse for the former NFL running back.

 

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Best of luck to him in the future. It sounds like he’s going to need it.