Golden State Warriors Coach Mark Jackson subjected to extortion - NBA Update
Golden State Warriors Head Coach Mark Jackson revealed that he has been subjected to extortion and mental torture by a former exotic dancer girl friend Alexis Adams and her co-conspirator Marcus Shaw.
The news was broken by Smoking Gun earlier this month. Jackson has been working with FBI to unveil the plot. The perpetrators, Alexis 28, and Marcus Shaw 40 came up with a malevolent plan to blackmail Mark and asked him to give
$200,000 otherwise they will leak the adult material to online blogs.
Jackson sent his nude photographs and at least one video of his genitals to her ex-lover, the coach and the stripper indulged into steaming affair 6 years ago. At that time Mark was working as an ESPN/ABC broadcaster.
Jackson, in his written statement mentioned that the extortion started on April 3rd this year, during Golden State road trip to Memphis. An unidentified man later known as Shaw approached him and asked for a sizeable
amount of money, and also threatened him with dire consequences in case he doesn’t meet his demands.
Jackson paid him $5000 initially but later on referred to it as a “terrible lapse in judgment” in his written statement.
Almost 2-week after the initial encounter, Jackson received another e-mail from Shaw demanding $200,000. Jackson agreed to that, as according to the court documents he values his reputation the most.
“I thought we took care of this in Memphis…You know I value my reputation…I will give you $200,000 to keep this quiet.”
However at that point the coach decided to get his employers (GSW) in loop and they suggested him to inform FBI. Things started to unfold as FBI scrutinized the matter, they traced down Shaw through the given IP address of his
computer. The other accomplice Adams was traced through Shaw’s cell phone log record.
FBI arrested the extortionists but Alexis was released on a bond of $25,000 and Shaw remained imprisoned as he has a history of violence. Shaw was sentenced for 12 years incarceration for an armed robbery in Tennessee back in 1996.
Mark’s affair lasted for a year before he disclosed it to his wife Desiree. They both have been married for 16 years.
Jackson and his wife have established a ministry and Jackson is also an ordained minister. One of the texts that were sent by Adams to Shaw mentioned him being a pastor. She asked Shaw to ruin Mark.
“Concentrate and f- him up! He is a fake a*s man of god.”
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