Glen Davis Released After Serving 17 Months in NBA Fraud Case

Former NBA player Glen Davis, known as "Big Baby," was released from federal prison on Thursday after serving 17 months of a 40-month sentence for his role in a scheme to defraud the league's health and welfare benefits plan.

Davis, 40, walked free from a facility in Otisville, New York, and immediately shared a video on social media declaring his return. "They tried to hold me down," he said in the clip. "But I'm back, man. I'm back, baby." The release marks the end of his direct incarceration, though he now faces a transition period at the Long Beach Residential Reentry Management Office, a halfway house in New York, until July 9, 2026. There, he will participate in financial management classes and drug treatment programs as conditions of his sentence. Following that, Davis will undergo three years of supervised release and pay approximately $80,000 in restitution.

The conviction stemmed from a 2021 federal indictment charging Davis and 18 other former NBA players with conspiracy to commit health care fraud, wire fraud, and making false statements. Prosecutors alleged the group submitted bogus dental and medical claims to the NBA Players' Health and Benefit Welfare Plan,...