Rumeal James Robinson was born on November 13,1966 and is a Jamaican-American former professional basketball player and convicted felon.
23 Facts About Rumeal Robinson
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Rumeal Robinson played professionally until 2002, then started a criminal career that ended with him being sentenced to prison in 2011 on multiple convictions for bank bribery and wire fraud.
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Rumeal Robinson was born in Mandeville, Jamaica, in the west-central portion of the island.
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Rumeal Robinson's mother moved to the Boston area while he was a toddler, leaving him in his grandparents' care.
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Rumeal Robinson blossomed into a star guard at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, leading them to a state championship in 1986.
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Rumeal Robinson averaged 14.3 points and 5.7 assists during his collegiate career at the University of Michigan.
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Rumeal Robinson achieved fame during his junior year for sinking two crucial free throws with 3 seconds left in the 1989 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship to win the game for the Wolverines over Seton Hall University.
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Rumeal Robinson's mother persuaded the city of Cambridge to name her street "Rumeal Robinson Way" in his honor.
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Rumeal Robinson was drafted in 1990 by the Atlanta Hawks with the 10th pick.
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Rumeal Robinson was signed to a four-year deal with the Hawks.
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Rumeal Robinson played for the New Jersey Nets, Charlotte Hornets, Portland Trail Blazers, Phoenix Suns and Los Angeles Lakers.
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Rumeal Robinson made some $5 million in the NBA, but spent it on a lavish lifestyle.
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Rumeal Robinson went through money so irresponsibly, he neglected to pay his bills.
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Rumeal Robinson planned to build a 25,000 acre resort in his hometown called Harmony Cove.
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Rumeal Robinson promised to cover all the payments, and promised to give her $500,000 once the project was finished.
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Rumeal Robinson paid $100,000 of the loan back to Williams as a bribe to move the approval process forward.
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Rumeal Robinson's only possession was a second pair of pants.
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Unbeknownst to Ford, Rumeal Robinson had arranged to sell Ford's house to one of his business partners, Miami foreclosure specialist Rick Preston, for $250,000.
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On September 8,2010, Rumeal Robinson was convicted of 11 counts of bank bribery, wire fraud, conspiracy to commit bank fraud and making false statements to a financial institution.
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Rumeal Robinson was ordered to pay $1,184,615 in restitution to Community State Bank and St Paul Mercury Insurance.
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Rumeal Robinson appealed his sentence in September 2011, claiming judge Longstaff had denied him a chance to change lawyers and had improperly taken his allocution statement into account at sentencing.
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Rumeal Robinson served his sentence at federal prisons in South Carolina, Louisiana and Florida.
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Rumeal Robinson was released on September 19,2016, on five years' supervised release.