KenInBoca
01-03-2005, 01:06 PM
Former Pro Bowl receiver Andre Rison was given the option of paying $10,000 to get out of jail Monday, after spending almost a month locked up for failing to pay his child support for more than two years.
In a hearing at DeKalb County Superior Court, Rison, who spent 12 seasons with Indianapolis, Atlanta, Cleveland, Jacksonville, Green Bay, Kansas City and Oakland, requested his release, saying he had an opportunity to play for an Arena Football League team.
The 37-year-old was sentenced to jail on Dec. 8 until he pays $127,000 to a woman with whom he has two sons. Raycoa Handley claimed he hadn't paid his $3,500-a.m.onth child support since August 2002.
In a hearing at DeKalb County Superior Court, Rison, who spent 12 seasons with Indianapolis, Atlanta, Cleveland, Jacksonville, Green Bay, Kansas City and Oakland, requested his release, saying he had an opportunity to play for an Arena Football League team.
The 37-year-old was sentenced to jail on Dec. 8 until he pays $127,000 to a woman with whom he has two sons. Raycoa Handley claimed he hadn't paid his $3,500-a.m.onth child support since August 2002.