Overview

• Telfair is set to begin a six-month federal prison sentence after a judge determined in June that he violated his supervised-release terms.
• He pleaded guilty in March 2023 to defrauding the NBA Players Health and Welfare Benefit Plan as part of a 2021 indictment.
• The court re-imposed incarceration after finding that he failed to complete required community service and neglected to report to the U.S. Probation Office.
• On the eve of his reporting date, Telfair publicly appealed to President Trump for clemency, calling the new sentence “super unfair” and blaming a paperwork error.
• With no pardon announced, he says he will report as ordered and plans to use his time behind bars for personal growth and to work on a book.