From the gridiron to the hardwood, athletes have been known to cross the line and commit crimes. Join the BTC as we dive into the shocking stories of athletes who traded in their jerseys for handcuffs.
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Research links below!
Oxygen – “O.C. Millionaire Medical Innovator Fatal Victim of His Girlfriend and Her Secret Lover”
ABC News – “Convicted killers in millionaire’s love triangle murder case maintain innocence”
CBS News – “Murder in the O.C.: Nov. 4 case update”
ABC News – “Woman Convicted in Millionaire’s Love Triangle Murder”
FOX Sports – “Ex-NFL player gets life for murder”
Yahoo! Entertainment – “Rich & Shameless: What Did former NFL Linebacker Eric Naposki Do?”
People – “Inside the Murder of a California Millionaire – at the Hands of His Girlfriend and an Ex-NFL Linebacker”
The Orange County Register – “McLaughlin murder case timeline”
Crime Library – “Football Player and the Millionaire: Deadly Love Triangle”
Hydroplane History – “David ‘Salt’ Walther”
Historic Racing – “David Walther”
Motorsport – “1973 Indy 500 Start, Salt Walther & 11 Others Crash”
NBC Sports – “‘A race we would all like to forget’: 50 years later, 1973 Indy 500 is grim, haunting memory”
Ed Justice Jr. – “Salt Walther’s 1973 Indy Race Car”
BANG Shigt – “Indy 500 History Video: the Incredible Salt Walther Wreck During the Ill-Fated 1973 Indy 500”
