If you thought the De’Anthony Melton saga was bad, hold onto your seat because it just got worse for USC Basketball.
Pat Forde and Pete Thamel of Yahoo Sports! released a bombshell report on Friday, including documents from the ASM Sports agency detailing payments to more than two dozen players. Among them are current USC starters Chimezie Metu and Bennie Boatwright.
An expense report from February and March of 2016, when Metu and Boatwright were promising freshmen, details advances paid to figures close to the two players.
On Feb. 5, the day after Boatwright pitched in 12 points as USC bested UCLA, his father allegedly accepted an advance of $402.