Meet Rashan Michel

[HawkHusky]

If a few free suits result in another post-season ban, I'm gonna go apes***!

 

[auror]

Wait. I thought it’s about buying suits and then steering kids to him when they go pro? Now he’s paying coaches? What money was accepted or paid?

See:

For those wondering his involvement:
Auburn associate head coach Chuck Person: Person allegedly agreed to take $50,000 in bribes from Rashan Michel to push prominent college athletes to work with him as the owner of an Atlanta-based clothing company.

Or from the article in OP:
"He stands accused of conspiring with former Auburn assistant coach and NBA star Chuck Person, among others, to commit federal crimes. The U.S. Attorney’s Office complaint released in late September alleges that Michel conspired to funnel tens of thousands of dollars to “assistant coaches at various … Division I men’s basketball programs” in exchange for them directing players toward certain agents or financial advisers when they turned pro. In addition to accepting financial kickbacks himself, Michel also expected to be cut in as the tailor of choice for those players."

So his MO was make suits for professional athletes and coaches, then he started using his connections with coaches to funnel money from financial advisers to the coaches in order to influence the players at the schools to choose said advisers (and himself as tailor). He's directly implicated with Person, but the article says anyone who he made suits for has to be sweating because he's getting indicted and could flip if they had any illegal bribery dealings with him.

It said Michel earned about 49,000 in kickbacks in a year, although some of that was paid out. Person made 98,000, presumably mostly coming through Michel.

 

[ZenConn]

Breaking news. George Zimmer now being investigated for selling suits to the brother of a cousin of a coach that was recruiting a 2 star recruit.

He accused of steering the recruit towards the team - "I Guarantee It"

 

[CL82]

View attachment 25578 Is Rashan Michel responsible for this masterpiece and if so will KO have to turn it over to the Feds as evidence ? Sorry

No, apparently, since there is no gold around the collar button hole.

 

[Stainmaster]

 

[pj]

The newest suit in Michel's line is orange:

 

[Chief00]

The newest suit in Michel's line is orange:

Ha ha but this could hit too close to home.

 

[EastConn'er]

The newest suit in Michel's line is orange:

Auburn colors too!

 

[mauconnfan]

Auburn colors too!

Yep a Person-al touch for Chuck.

 

[EastConn'er]

Yep a Person-al touch for Chuck.

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