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'Last Chance U' Star Jason Brown Arrested on Blackmail, Identity Theft Charges

Former Independence Community College head football coach Jason Brown, who starred on Season 3 of the hit Netflix series Last Chance U, is facing eight felony charges for blackmail and identity theft.

According to Sean Frye of the Parsons Sun, Brown has been charged with four felony counts of blackmail, four felony counts of identity theft and two misdemeanor counts of criminal false communication.

Brown allegedly posed as an attorney for the Cochran Law Firm in California when sending cease-and-desist letters to the Montgomery County Chronicle and Independence Daily Reporter for running stories on a fight between the Independence and Garden City football teams as well as an investigation into Brown's treatment of a German player on his team.