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	Jayson Williams Gunplay Trial - Full Trial Coverage on CourtTVnews.com
		Prosecutors can tell a jury that former NBA star Jayson Williams wiped down a shotgun and jumped into a swimming pool to conceal evidence after a man was killed in his bedroom, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled.
		Jayson Williams' supporters passed out this flyer for a support rally outside the courthouse.
		Former NBA star Jayson Williams was tried for manslaughter and other charges stemming from the Feb. 14, 2002, shooting of limo driver Gus Christofi at his mansion and an alleged attempt to make the death look like a suicide.
	www.courttv.com /trials/jaysonwilliams (322 words)

	Jayson Williams - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jayson Williams (born February 22, 1968 in Ritter, South Carolina) is an American basketball player.
		Williams was selected by the Phoenix Suns in the first round (21st pick overall) of the 1990 NBA Draft.
		Also in 1992, Williams was accused of smashing a beer mug over a patron's head at a Chicago bar.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jayson_Williams (691 words)

	Boston.com / Sports / Basketball / Jayson Williams in talks with CBA team (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Jayson Williams talked with the Idaho Stampede of the Continental Basketball Association, hoping a roster spot there would be the first step in a return to playing in the NBA.
		Williams, who turns 37 next month, might be figuring that a comeback with a team in the southwestern corner of Idaho might shield him from a lot of attention stemming from the shooting at his 40-room mansion in New Jersey.
		Williams was acquitted of aggravated manslaughter, aggravated assault and a weapon charge in the death of Costas "Gus" Christofi.
	www.boston.com /sports/basketball/articles/2005/01/11/jayson_williams_in_talks_with_cba_team (478 words)

	USATODAY.com - Jayson Williams attempts comeback with the CBA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Jayson Williams is attempting to restart his professional basketball career with the Idaho Stampede of the Continental Basketball Association.
		Williams, a former All-Star center with the New Jersey Nets, was acquitted of manslaughter in the shooting death of limousine driver Costas "Gus" Christofi in April, but he still faces a reckless manslaughter charge.
		Williams broke his leg and ruptured his knee in a game on April 1, 1999 and retired, long before he was accused of shooting and killing Christofi during a late-night gathering at his home on Feb. 14, 2002.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/basketball/cba/2005-01-10-jwilliams-cba_x.htm (652 words)

	Ex-NBA star Jayson Williams ... - May 02, 2004
		Williams was handling the shotgun at the time but claimed it malfunctioned and went off accidentally, hitting Christofi in the chest.
		Williams was emotionless and rocked from side-to-side as the verdicts were read.
		The most damaging testimony, however, concerned the post-shooting cover-up as Williams was accused of wiping down the gun and placing it in Christofi's hand in a bid to make the death look like a suicide.
	www.inq7.net /spo/2004/may/02/text/spo_7-1-p.htm (448 words)

	Boston.com / Sports / Basketball / Jayson Williams wins key pretrial rulings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Jayson Williams won key pretrial rulings in his manslaughter case as a state judge refused to allow prosecutors to introduce evidence that the retired NBA star killed his dog with a shotgun and then ordered a witness at gunpoint to bury the animal.
		SOMERVILLE, N.J. Jayson Williams won key pretrial rulings in his manslaughter case as a state judge refused to allow prosecutors to introduce evidence that the retired NBA star killed his dog with a shotgun and then ordered a witness at gunpoint to bury the animal.
		Williams was charged with reckless endangerment and possession of a weapon after a shot hit the hubcap of an unoccupied security vehicle outside the Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford.
	www.boston.com /sports/basketball/articles/2004/02/04/jayson_williams_wins_key_pretrial_rulings?mode=PF (693 words)

	ESPN.com: NBA - The rise and fall of Jayson Williams
		Jayson Williams surrendered to New Jersey police in connection with the shooting death of a limousine driver.
		Jayson was telling me about what a good hunter he'd become at his dad's side.
		We will in good time find out what Jayson Williams did on Valentine's Day at that house with another one of his shotguns, whether he fired the shot that killed Costas Christofi, and if he did, if it was an accident or the result of carelessness.
	espn.go.com /nba/columns/aldridge (1084 words)

	CNNSI.com - Pro Basketball - Jayson Williams indicted for manslaughter - Thursday May 02, 2002 02:21 AM
		Williams was indicted on a series of charges, including aggravated manslaughter, which carries a sentence of up to 30 years in prison.
		The 34-year-old Williams was charged Feb. 25 in the Feb. 14 death of Costas Christofi.
		Williams, who remains free on $270,000 bail, appeared in court on the charges in March.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /basketball/news/2002/05/01/williams_shooting_ap (553 words)

	The New York Times > Sports > Jayson Williams Still Hoping to Return to N.B.A.
		Williams is trying to rehabilitate his pro basketball career while waiting for his retrial on a charge of reckless manslaughter in the death in February 2002 of a chauffeur, Costas Christofi.
		Williams, a former All-Star with the Nets who broke his leg in a collision with Stephon Marbury on April 1, 1999, has not played in the N.B.A. since his career was declared over by doctors a year after the injury.
		Williams chose Idaho because George Karl, the former N.B.A. coach, is a part owner of the Stampede; and a former N.B.A. opponent, Joe Wolf, is the coach.
	www.nytimes.com /2005/01/15/sports/15jayson.html?ex=1263445200&en=b5ad5dfa54ff0a19&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland (1040 words)

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		Williams, 38, could be sentenced to between five and 10 years in prison if convicted of the manslaughter charge.
		Williams faced eight charges at his three-month-long trial that ended in April 2004, with four counts tied to the shooting and four other counts related to his efforts to cover it up.
		Williams, whose sentencing was delayed pending appeal, faces up to five years on each of two cover-up counts and up to 18 months each on the other two counts he was convicted of.
	today.reuters.com /news/articlenews.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyid=2006-04-22T043203Z_01_N21277056_RTRUKOC_0_US-CRIME-WILLIAMS.xml (440 words)

	FindLaw's Writ - Spilbor: The Case Against Jayson Williams
		Williams is charged with manslaughter and a number of other offenses, in a lengthy multi-count indictment.
		Williams claims that, on the night of the shooting, he removed the Browning shotgun from its cabinet to show it off to his guests.
		Williams is also charged with "Hindering Apprehension," "Tampering with a Witness," and "Tampering with Evidence." All of these charges stem from prosecutors' claims that Williams disposed of his own blood-spattered suit, moved Christofi's lifeless body to make its position consistent with suicide, and persuaded witnesses at the scene to falsely claim that Christofi killed himself.
	writ.news.findlaw.com /commentary/20040226_spilbor.html (2398 words)

	CNN.com - Williams cleared of manslaughter in driver's shooting - Apr 30, 2004
		Court TV Jayson Williams was convicted of four lesser charges related to the death of Costas "Gus" Christofi.
		Williams appeared sullen as the verdicts were read, but some of his supporters whooped with joy, prompting the judge to temporarily halt the reading and admonish them.
		Williams did not testify at his trial, but two ballistics experts said the 12-gauge Browning Citori shotgun could have malfunctioned because of debris in its inner mechanisms and his lawyers told the jury that he never even saw Christofi, let alone targeted him.
	www.cnn.com /2004/LAW/04/30/williams.verdict (631 words)

	CBC Sports: Jayson Williams can be retried (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Williams, 36, was acquitted April 30 of aggravated manslaughter, but not reckless manslaughter, in a mixed verdict that found him guilty on four lesser charges (ie.
		Williams initially faced eight charges, notably aggravated manslaughter and reckless manslaughter, when accused of recklessly handling the gun that killed Christofi and trying to make the shooting look self-inflicted.
		Williams allegedly told his guests that they must agree the shooting was a suicide and lie to police.
	www.cbc.ca /story/sports/national/2004/12/02/Sports/jaysonwilliams041202.html (212 words)

	USATODAY.com - Jayson Williams manslaughter trial delayed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Williams, who has been free on bail, and his defense team have portrayed the shooting at the 40-room mansion in Alexandria Township as an accident and have said alcohol didn't play a role.
		Williams retired from the Nets in 2000 after a decade in the NBA, unable to overcome a broken leg suffered a year earlier in a collision with a teammate.
		Williams was suspended from his job as an NBA analyst for NBC after the shooting.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/basketball/nba/2004-02-09-williams-trial-open_x.htm (793 words)

	CNN.com - Risks dog Jayson Williams' testimony - Feb. 18, 2004
		Jayson Williams will tell you how this horrific, totally unforeseeable accident occurred," attorney Billy Martin told the jury that will decide whether Williams committed a crime when he killed a chauffeur while toying with a gun.
		Taking the stand is especially dicey for Williams because his testimony is likely to free prosecutors to tell the jury about very damning evidence, including the alleged shooting of his dog, that would otherwise be out of bounds.
		In 1994, a handgun Williams was holding in the parking lot of the Meadowlands arena went off, striking the hubcap of a vehicle.
	cnn.com /2004/LAW/02/18/ctv.jayson.williams/index.html (700 words)

	Jayson Williams' Lawyers Argue Troops in Arrest Were Biased - BOARD OF LEGEND (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Williams' lawyers contend the troopers' records will indicate they arrested a disproportionate number of minorities and that two of the troopers were involved in bias incidents.
		Williams, 35, who is fl, is accused of recklessly handling the shotgun that killed Costas Christofi on Feb. 14, 2002.
		Williams could face nearly 55 years in prison if convicted of all charges, the most serious of which is aggravated manslaughter.
	www.ryanmcbain.com /forums/showthread.php?t=307 (299 words)

	Jayson Williams returning?!? - ProSportsDaily Forums
		Jayson Williams faces a reckless manslaughter trial in January and possible jail time on another conviction, but that isn't stopping the former Nets star from attempting a comeback.
		Williams faces a retrial on Jan. 10 on reckless manslaughter charges and awaits sentencing on a conviction for covering up the crime in his rural New Jersey mansion in 2002.
		Williams, who will not be sentenced until his trial is over, faces up to 10 years in prison for reckless manslaughter and five years for the cover-up charge.
	www.prosportsdaily.com /forums/showthread.php?t=7265 (724 words)

	ESPN.com: NBA - Jayson Williams settles lawsuit in limo driver's death
		Williams' attorneys did not release terms of the settlement, which was filed Wednesday afternoon in state Superior Court in Hackensack.
		Williams said he wanted to personally offer his condolences, but his attorneys feared that might be used against him in the criminal case.
		Williams' attorneys said it allowed them to give their undivided attention to the criminal case.
	espn.go.com /nba/news/2003/0205/1504344.html (498 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Former NBA star Jayson Williams acquitted of manslaughter, convicted of tampering
		SOMERVILLE, N.J. – Former NBA star Jayson Williams was acquitted of manslaughter Friday in the shotgun slaying of a limousine driver at his mansion, but was found guilty of trying to make the 2002 shooting look like a suicide.
		Williams was convicted on four of the six lesser charges, related to tampering with evidence and trying to cover up the death of Costas "Gus" Christofi, 55, who was killed by a shotgun blast while Williams handled the weapon.
		Williams retired from the New Jersey Nets in 2000 after a decade in the NBA, unable to overcome breaking a leg a year earlier in a collision with a teammate.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/20040430-1400-bkn-williamstrial.html (689 words)

	Second man enters guilty plea in Jayson Williams' shooting incident - Sports
		John W. Gordnick told the judge he took the clothes Williams was wearing when the driver was shot, hid them in a car and didn't turn them over to authorities for several weeks.
		Williams, the former All-Star forward for the New Jersey Nets, has pleaded innocent to first-degree manslaughter and charges he tampered with witnesses and evidence in the driver's Feb. 14 shooting at his mansion.
		Williams, Gordnick and Culuko also allegedly tried to replace Williams' fingerprints on the shotgun with the victim's, and persuade other guests at the mansion to say Christofi was upstairs alone at the time of the shooting.
	media.www.dailytexanonline.com /media/storage/paper410/news/2002/08/23/Sports/Second.Man.Enters.Guilty.Plea.In.Jayson.Williams.Shooting.Incident-500100.shtml?sourcedomain=www.dailytexanonline.com&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com (385 words)

	SportingNews.com - NBA - Sister still awaits justice for Jayson Williams
		Jayson Williams is no longer hot, four years after he was arrested in the killing of a chauffeur and two years since a jury deadlocked on a reckless manslaughter charge against him.
		She believes Williams humiliated and taunted her brother at a restaurant where the players were drinking and then at the mansion before he was shot.
		Williams didn't testify, but the main premise was that the former player was simply showing off a Browning Citori shotgun from his collection when it went off and hit Christofi.
	www.sportingnews.com /yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=86887 (845 words)

	The Sacramento Observer - Online Edition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Williams has more money than many African Americans and he is the cause of all his troubles.
		Williams has the money to defend himself but the prosecution in his state aren't the 'keystone cops' that the Los Angeles District Attorney's office was portrayed to be in the media.
		Williams' troubles are running very deep and this needs to be a case that African Americans follow closely.
	www.sacobserver.com /sports/052402/jayson_williams_in_trouble.htm (1039 words)

	ESPN.com - NBA - NBA worthy? Jayson Williams makes CBA debut (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Williams appeared to run without problems and was going out of his way to be gracious, at one point profusely thanking a towel girl.
		Williams was acquitted in April of aggravated manslaughter in the Feb. 14, 2002, shooting death of a limousine driver, Costas "Gus" Christofi.
		Williams, who called the shooting an accident, won't be sentenced on the four cover-up convictions until the remaining charge is settled.
	sports.espn.go.com /nba/news/story?id=1965506 (664 words)

	CNN.com - Risks dog Jayson Williams' testimony - Feb. 18, 2004
		Jayson Williams will tell you how this horrific, totally unforeseeable accident occurred," attorney Billy Martin told the jury that will decide whether Williams committed a crime when he killed a chauffeur while toying with a gun.
		Taking the stand is especially dicey for Williams because his testimony is likely to free prosecutors to tell the jury about very damning evidence, including the alleged shooting of his dog, that would otherwise be out of bounds.
		In 1994, a handgun Williams was holding in the parking lot of the Meadowlands arena went off, striking the hubcap of a vehicle.
	www.cnn.com /2004/LAW/02/18/ctv.jayson.williams (710 words)

	National Basketball Association - CBS SportsLine.com
		Kent Culuko, a friend of Williams, said he was standing by the door of a bedroom and that Williams uttered an expletive moments before driver Costas "Gus" Christofi was killed with single shotgun blast.
		Williams, retired center for the New Jersey Nets, is accused of recklessly handling his shotgun, and then attempting to make the shooting look like a suicide and persuading others to lie that they were downstairs when Christofi was shot in the early hours of Feb. 14, 2002.
		Williams' defense maintains that the shooting was an accident, suggesting he did not know Christofi had entered the room and that the weapon malfunctioned.
	www.sportsline.com /nba/story/7133153 (462 words)

	Prosecutors file more charges against Jayson Williams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Williams removed the clothing he wore at the time Christofi was shot and gave investigators other clothes, according to court documents.
		Williams was charged Monday with hindering apprehension, two counts of evidence tampering, one count of witness tampering and one count of conspiracy to obstruct the law.
		Williams told guests to tell investigators that everyone in the home had been in a downstairs recreation area when Christofi was shot in a master bedroom upstairs, the court documents said.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/644687/posts (961 words)

	U.S. Newswire : Releases : "Jayson Williams Wins Lawsuit Against New Jersey State Trooper" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Trooper Kiernan's complaint alleged that he was defamed when Williams filed court papers in his criminal case that claimed the trooper was disciplined by the New Jersey State Police for anti-Semitic comments and conduct toward a Jewish motorist during a traffic stop.
		Williams asked the court to dismiss Trooper Kiernan's lawsuit because the facts as he stated them were true, and therefore Williams could not be sued for stating the truth.
		The court agreed with Williams and dismissed the lawsuit finding that there was no basis for the trooper's claim that he was defamed.
	releases.usnewswire.com /GetRelease.asp?id=31484 (384 words)

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