Las Vegas prosecutors have filed a criminal complaint against former NBA all-star Antoine Walker alleging he failed to pay back $822,500 in gambling debts at three Las Vegas casinos. According to a copy of the complaint, Walker obtained gambling markers by writing 10 separate $100,000 checks with insufficient funds primarily to Caesars Palace, Planet Hollywood and Red Rock Resort. He is being charged with three felony counts.
Walker, who is attempting a return to the NBA, last played for the Minnesota Timberwolves in 2008 and made the all-star team three times as a member of the Boston Celtics. He was also on the Miami Heat team that won the NBA championship in 2006. Walker was a member of the national champion University of Kentucky team in 1996.
The complaint charges Walker, 32, who wants to return to the NBA, with three felony counts in passing $1 million in bad checks while taking out the markers at Caesars Palace, Planet Hollywood and Red Rock Resort.
Two years ago Walker and a relative were bound at gunpoint while robbers took a car, cash and jewelry from his suburban Chicago home. Four men were later charged in the case.
