Three months after ex-Dodger Yasiel Puig withdrew from a plea agreement in an illegal sports betting case, the former Major League Baseball outfielder pleaded not guilty Friday to new federal charges.
Yasiel Puig withdrew from a plea agreement in an illegal sports betting case, the former Major League Baseball outfielder pleaded not guilty Friday to new federal charges.
Puig's defense attorneys contend that racial bias "ultimately led to the decision to charge" their client, and prosecutors have "refused to discuss the matter" with the defense or provide "information that would further show its patterns and practices when it comes to interviewing and charging Black men versus similarly situated non-Black persons."
In fact, Puig discussed sports betting with the man hundreds of times on the telephone and via text message, federal prosecutors contend. "I want to clear my name," Puig said in a statement at the time. "I never should have agreed to plead guilty to a crime I did not commit."
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