An Arizona couple have been indicted on federal charges over what the U.S. Department of Justice says was a conspiracy to extort Georgia Tech with false sexual assault allegations against the school's men's basketball coach, Josh Pastner.
, came forward with evidence that Pastner had provided illegal benefits to two Yellow Jackets players after a falling out over what Bell said was insufficient compensation. He also complained Pastner did not call him on his birthday.when Pastner filed a lawsuit against the couple alleging, among other things, defamation and attempted blackmail.
An unrelated violation of probation landed Bell in jail that year, leading to monitored phone calls between the two in which they"The defendants are alleged to have falsely accused Georgia Tech's coach of sexual assault," said U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Buchanan. "They then demanded a large payment in exchange for a retraction of the claim.
According to the DOJ's announcement, Bell and Pendley allegedly recruited a Georgia Tech security guard to falsely claim he had witnessed an assault of Pendley, telling the guard he would be entitled to a share of a potential windfall of $20 million. Bell also allegedly approached representatives of Georgia Tech with demands for money in exchange for not reporting the false sexual assault.
Pastner reported the violations to Georgia Tech's compliance department after Bell came forward in 2017, per, leading Georgia Tech to self-report the violations to the NCAA and declare the two players in question — Josh Okogie and Tadric Jackson — ineligible.
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