Looks like Leavenworth's most famous prisoner might be getting a new address. The Associated Press reported over the weekend that Michael Vick's lawyer told a federal bankruptcy judge that the former Atlanta Falcons quarterback and failed dogfighting impresario may soon be moving to a federal halfway house in his hometown of Newport News, Virginia. "He's in the process of being released to the halfway house," Vick's attorney, Paul Campsen, told Judge Frank Santoro. "We expect it to occur any day
Dogfighting impresario Michael Vick is fondly reminiscing about his hard times in Leavenworth's federal penitentiary. Vick told a bankruptcy court today that he spent his time in lockup reading, writing, playing basketball and mopping the floors for $.12 an hour. Vick's foray into dog-eat-dog combat lost him hundreds of millions of dollars and led him to the lucrative world of cleaning toilets for pocket change. Now Vick wants to leave the custodial arts and go back to a million-dollar NFL job .
Michael VickDogfighting impresario Michael Vick can resume the custodial arts. A federal judge ordered the former Atlanta Falcons quarterback to return to Leavenworth's federal penitentiary after rejecting Vick's bankruptcy plan. The judge doesn't sound too impressed with Vick's plan to pay off his creditors, especially when the only work that Vick can count on is a $10-an-hour job working construction. Vick may not be mopping floors for long -- his home confinement in Hampton, Va., should start
Michael VickDogfighting impresario Michael Vick has finally left the federal penitentiary Fort Leavenworth. For real this time. ESPN says the former Atlanta Falcons quarterback left at around 5 a.m. with not so much as a goodbye, sneaking out a side door undetected by a pack of eagle-eyed reporters. Damn, Vick must still have those shifty moves. Next up, home confinement and a $10 an hour construction job.
During an interview with CBS' 60 Minutes last night, dogfighting impresario and Philadelphia Eagles footballer Michael Vick never named the federal penitentiary he was locked up in for eight months. In the video below, which appears to be an outtake from the the TV interview, Vick is talking about crying in Fort Leavenworth.
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After the jump, the full 15-minute interview in which Vick "encourages you to love your animal."
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