Glen “Big Baby” Davis has been released from prison after serving time for his role in a fraud scheme involving the NBA’s health care benefits program.
The former Boston Celtics big man, who won a championship alongside Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen, was freed Thursday after receiving a 40-month sentence in May 2024.
Prosecutors said Davis participated in a plan that submitted fraudulent medical and dental claims to the NBA Players’ Health and Welfare Benefit Plan.
“They tried to hold me down,” Davis said in a video posted on X after his release. “You know what I’m saying? But I’m back, man. I’m back, baby.”
Davis originally was scheduled to report to prison on Sept. 1, 2024, but a judge delayed his surrender until late October so he could finish filming a documentary about his life.
Even after his release, Davis must complete three years of supervised release that includes drug treatment and financial management classes.
He was also ordered to pay $80,000 in restitution.
The 39-year-old was transferred from Federal Prison Camp Yankton to community confinement overseen by the Bureau of Prisons’ Long Beach Residential Reentry Management Office.
His projected release date from supervision is July 9.
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