Nobody is above the legislation. Not even if you happen to’re Boston Celtics icon and two-time NBA champion Ray Allen.
The 46-year-old Corridor of Famer needed to study this the arduous manner after Allen was reportedly reprimanded and slapped with a advantageous by a U.S. District choose for failing to meet his responsibility as a part of a court-appointed jury. Apparently, the rationale why Allen wasn’t in a position to attend to his authorized duties was as a result of he took the time to fly to Boston to attend Kevin Garnett’s current jersey retirement ceremony with the Celtics.
Jay Weaver of the Miami Herald gives the small print of Allen’s current run-in with the legislation:
Allen was amongst 14 everlasting and alternate jurors initially picked in early March for the federal trial of Jorge Aponte Figueroa, who was the one defendant of these charged who had not struck a plea cope with the U.S. Legal professional’s Workplace. The trial was initially scheduled for March 14. However after he was chosen as a juror, Allen requested the choose for a favor to start out the trial the next day as a result of he needed to be a presenter on the jersey retirement ceremony of former Celtics teammate Kevin Garnett on March 13.
To accommodate Allen’s journey to Boston, Cooke set her trial for March 15. However Allen didn’t present up. Her courtroom deputy, Ivan Marchena, tried to succeed in him and left messages with Allen. He didn’t reply. So the trial began with out him, and the choose issued an order to “present trigger” why Allen shouldn’t be sanctioned for failing to look as a particular juror.
The choose was gracious sufficient to grant Allen’s request to postpone the listening to, which in itself is already uncommon. Nonetheless, Allen nonetheless didn’t attend the listening to which befell two days after KG’s jersey ceremony. The rationale why Allen ended up bailing on his jury responsibility stays unclear, however his legal professional did difficulty an apology on behalf of his consumer saying that, “it was an entire misunderstanding.”
On Wednesday, Allen was current for the listening to and it was then that the choose reprimanded the previous 10-time All-Star for his negligence. Allen was additionally requested to pay a advantageous of $1,000 for his actions, which will probably be donated to his charity of alternative.
That’s how a lot Ray Allen needed to be in KG’s jersey retirement ceremony. He skipped his civic responsibility simply to point out his assist to his former Celtics teammate. I assume this could lastly finish the meat narrative between two of the best gamers in Boston’s franchise historical past.
