Fab Five member Jimmy King arrested because he's behind on child support
Former Michigan basketball player Jimmy King, a member of the Fab Five era, was arrested at a basketball camp Wednesday because he owes $17,000 in child support, ClickOnDetroit.com reported.
Former Michigan basketball player Jimmy King was arrested Wednesday in Oakland County.
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King, along with Jalen Rose, Chris Webber, Ray Jackson and Juwan Howard, made up the Fab Five at Michigan in the 1991-92 and 1992-93 seasons, when the Wolverines reached the Final Four. The banners from those appearances were removed and the Fab Five's records were erased from the Michigan record books in the wake of the Ed Martin cash scandal.
King played four seasons at Michigan and averaged 11.9 points and 4.1 assists per game.
King, Rose and Jackson were honored in November 2010 at halftime of a Michigan basketball game. King was in Ann Arbor last month as part of the Jalen Rose Leadership Academy fundraiser golf event at Barton Hills Country Club.
Comments
Megan Greene
Sun, Aug 21, 2011 : 12:35 a.m.
You know the member of the Fab 5 who turned out to be a model citizen is Juwan Howard who came from the toughest background. Put that in your database Michigan recruiters.
kay
Fri, Aug 12, 2011 : 1:14 p.m.
I guess he didn't get much out of that "leadership" academy.
UofMbeWorser
Fri, Aug 12, 2011 : midnight
".....The Fab Five is just getting too much bad news" Yeah, not like they got much bad news when they took money or Killed Ed Martin. at what point in their career as The Fab Five did these guys not make bad news????
Wolf's Bane
Thu, Aug 11, 2011 : 2:27 p.m.
I hate deadbeat Dads.
swcornell
Thu, Aug 11, 2011 : 1:22 p.m.
Before you condemn this man, remember there are always two sides to a "Family Story". I had a brother whos wife left him and took the daughter he loved to shack up with some guy. Neither the ex or the boy toy could/would hold a job. They would not marry. This "child support" that they lived on took money away from my brothers new wife and child. Until he became sick and disabled. Then the ex married and adopted the first child, just before my brother died of cancer and a broken heart!
Huron74
Thu, Aug 11, 2011 : 12:43 p.m.
$17,000? How much is he ordered to pay? Either King doesn't pay at all or his assessment is way too high. That number needs some explanation for the story to make sense.
Craig Lounsbury
Thu, Aug 11, 2011 : 11:58 a.m.
I sure am glad Michigan never recruits any of those "ne'er-do-wel's" like they do down in Columbus or up in East Lansing. ;)
John B.
Thu, Aug 11, 2011 : 7:02 p.m.
We don't (any more). That period of time was an aberration. We learned from our lesson.
WmWilson
Thu, Aug 11, 2011 : 10:50 a.m.
Good god, Jalen needs to cut a check for King, get this thign taken care of. The Fab Five is just getting too much bad news.
smokeblwr
Thu, Aug 11, 2011 : 12:05 a.m.
I wonder if he and Jalen are sharing the same cell in the Oakland County Jail? Jimmy has priors, if you'll recall the Dairy Mart Beer Heist of 1994 with Ray Jackson and Remy Hamilton.
Craig Lounsbury
Wed, Aug 10, 2011 : 11:47 p.m.
Say it ain't so Jim, say it ain't so.