Former outfielder Yasiel Puig, who wore the Los Angeles Dodgers uniform for several years in the Major Leagues, is in the middle of a gambling scandal and could go to prison for lying under oath in a federal investigation.
This was announced on Monday by the prosecutors in charge of the case, who declared that Puig ended up pleading guilty to lying in the statement about said illegal gambling network in the United States.
For this reason, Puig must attend a judicial court this Tuesday to find out, where he would plead guilty to the charge of false statement and what could lead to up to five years of imprisonment in the worst case. jail.
Puig apparently got involved in sports betting during his senior year in the majors, in 2019 when he played for the Cincinnati Reds; That year he would have maintained contact with Wayne Nix, the former player who allegedly led this betting network.
The document reveals that the Cuban owed 2019 a thousand dollars to Nix, who conditioned Puig indicating that to allow him to continue betting he had to pay a third person the amount owed.
The complications for Puig have occurred after he was questioned last January and denied his participation in illegal betting, but in the development of the investigation the feds found an audio of Whatsapp in which the player admitted to having lied to him in court.
However, court documents also indicate that Puig He did not bet on any match on the MLB circuit and that everything was related to soccer, basketball and tennis.
Yasiel, who has not played a major league game since the year 2019, played this year in the South Korean League with the Kiwoom Heroes, with who hit for .126, with 73 home runs and 73 towed in 126 matches.