Former Kansas basketball player Billy Preston and his car were one of the focal points of testimony by Thomas “T.J.” Gassnola during the continuation of his time on the stand in federal court Thursday morning in New York.
Gassnola testified that he paid Preston’s mother, Nicole Player, and her partner $89,000 over the span of almost one year. That included a $30,000 payout made in a New York hotel and a $20,000 one made in Las Vegas. Player’s partner received a $20,000 payment and Player also received a $15,000 payment and another for $4,000, according to testimony.
According to a text message shown in court, Gassnola wrote to Player on Sept.