Expense reports from ASM Sports, a high-powered agency that represents professional basketball players, detail payments to people close to the two players in February and March of 2016 when they were freshmen.
The records indicate Boatwright's father, Bennie Sr. received about $2,000 and Metu or his advisor, Johnnie Parker, got at least $2,000.
The Times independently confirmed the information related to USC. No other players from the school are believed to be mentioned in the ASM Sports documents.
The revelation throws the status of Metu, projected as a first-round pick in this year's NBA draft, into doubt at a junction critical to USC's hopes of qualifying for the NCAA tournament.