A former sports bettor who was attending college in Massachusetts will spend the next 18 months in prison for threatening at least 45 professional and collegiate athletes between July and December 2017.
Addison Choi is off to federal prison for threatening players who didn t help his sports bets pay off. (Image: Babson College)Addison Choi, now 23-years-old, to sending death threats to the athletes via Instagram posts. At the time, Choi was a student and a member of the Babson College soccer team in Wellesley, Massachusetts.
Prosecutors called Choi a prolific sports bettor who needed to borrow money from family and friends to pay off his gambling debts. The US Attorney s Office for the District of Massachusetts redacted the specific names of the players he threatened, but didn t hold back on sharing what Choi said in the messages.
On July 27, 2017, Choi posted on one professional athlete s Instagram, I will kill you and your family and f
