Former Oklahoma State basketball assistant coach Lamont Evans and four other defendants are asking a federal judge in New York to dismiss a bribery and conspiracy indictment against them that arose from an investigation into corruption alleged throughout college basketball.
Defense attorneys for Evans; former Southern Cal assistant Tony Bland; former Arizona assistant Book Richardson; former Adidas representative Merl Code; and Christian Dawkins, a former runner for NBA agent Andy Miller, requested the dismissal Monday.
The attorneys state that even if the defendants committed NCAA violations, their alleged actions were not federal crimes.
"In this case, the Government has singled out certain alleged NCAA rules violations as 'corrupt' and decided to prosecute them as federal crimes," the attorneys wrote.