Robert Griffin III throws a touchdown pass in the first quarter of a September 9 game against the New Orleans Saints. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)
A former Baylor University basketball player pleaded guilty in federal court in Dallas yesterday to an extortion plot targeting Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III.
Richard Khamir Hurd, 26, admitted to cooking up a scheme in which he demanded $1 million from the breakout rookie in exchange for not releasing “derogatory information” about Griffin, who played football for Baylor for four seasons and won the 2011 Heisman Trophy.
Hurd was arrested in June after contacting one of Griffin’s agents and demanding the payment, the Associated Press reports:
Prosecutors say Hurd contacted one of Griffin’s agents in June with a demand of $1 million in order not to release information damaging to the reputation of Griffin, who won the Heisman Trophy at Baylor.
The agent contacted authorities, who arranged for Hurd to be offered $120,000 in exchange for his signing of a non-disclosure agreement.
Hurd signed the agreement and collected the money, then was arrested.
Hurd faces between two and three years in prison.
