An Eric Bledsoe family member and close friend have stepped forward to say that they combined funds to pay for Bledsoe's apartment in Alabama.
If the report is accurate, it goes a long ways towards discrediting the New York Times report claiming that Bledsoe received illegal benefits during his high school career in Birmingham.
Here is an excerpt from ESPN.com:
Billy Fagnes, who is a first cousin to Bledsoe's mother, Maureen Reddick, said his family paid most of the rent on the house where Reddick and Bledsoe lived during his senior year at Parker. Also, Jerome McMullin, who described himself as a close family friend, said that although Ford found the family an affordable home, McMullin helped the family pay the rent during some difficult financial times. Ford did not pay any rent, McMullin said.
"They went through some hard times and I helped them pay their rent," said McMullin, adding that he paid a total of about three months of rent. "I took them to get food for them. There's a lot of things they didn't have and people stepped up to the plate and helped out. I never asked for anything or any kind of favor. I did it out of the goodness of my heart. Maurice didn't do anything."
"It was me and my family who paid it," Fagnes said. "One time, I gave the rent money to Maurice Ford because the landlady was running late and I'm a contractor and had to get to work. So I gave it to Maurice Ford to give to her."
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If the report is accurate, it goes a long ways towards discrediting the New York Times report claiming that Bledsoe received illegal benefits during his high school career in Birmingham.
Here is an excerpt from ESPN.com:
Billy Fagnes, who is a first cousin to Bledsoe's mother, Maureen Reddick, said his family paid most of the rent on the house where Reddick and Bledsoe lived during his senior year at Parker. Also, Jerome McMullin, who described himself as a close family friend, said that although Ford found the family an affordable home, McMullin helped the family pay the rent during some difficult financial times. Ford did not pay any rent, McMullin said.
"They went through some hard times and I helped them pay their rent," said McMullin, adding that he paid a total of about three months of rent. "I took them to get food for them. There's a lot of things they didn't have and people stepped up to the plate and helped out. I never asked for anything or any kind of favor. I did it out of the goodness of my heart. Maurice didn't do anything."
"It was me and my family who paid it," Fagnes said. "One time, I gave the rent money to Maurice Ford because the landlady was running late and I'm a contractor and had to get to work. So I gave it to Maurice Ford to give to her."
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3 comments:
Yeah, riiiight Billy! Okay. Sure. Be sure that Eric follows up by paying you back for your good deed. Now about those A's during Eric's senior year, did you help with those too??? Just wondering.
"So I gave it to Maurice Ford to give to her". Wait a second, Maurice Ford has denied ever making a payment to the Landlord. Something's amiss here! DUH! Keep talking (so called) witnesses!
HAHA! This was all you Card Fans had going for ya. You better go make up a different story now.
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