Sebastian Telfair is a free man once again. For now.
The former NBA player and high school prodigy has had a terrible last few weeks that culminated in him being convicted of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon and was also sentenced to 3.5 years in prison for that crime.
It could have been so much worse since he was facing up to 15 years, but he was able to show the judge a little bit of compassion to take it easy on him.
He turned himself in earlier this week, but he is already out of prison, according to TMZ.
“Telfair and his legal team appealed the sentence … and asked that while the process plays out, they let Telfair bail out of prison.
TMZ Sports has learned a judge agreed to those terms Thursday — with an ankle monitor clearly a part of the deal — and Telfair is now a free man.
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Telfair was released on $500,000 bail.
As part of his agreement with the court, Telfair must surrender his passports and remain in New York City.
Telfair also agreed to be confined to house arrest from 7 PM to 7 AM daily while also wearing an electronic monitoring ankle bracelet.”
The first round pick of the Trail Balzers in 2004 played for several teams from 2004 to 2015 and never lived up to all the hype he received as he infamously appeared on Sports Illustrated’s cover as a high schooler as well as Slam Magazine alongside LeBron James.
