Former Arizona assistant coach Book Richardson has filed a plea agreement with federal attorneys in New York over his federal bribery and fraud charges stemming from the college basketball investigation, his attorney said Monday.
Richardson pled guilty to a count of federal funds bribery, after a federal complaint said he took $20,000 from an aspiring sports agent to spend on recruits in exchange for steering Arizona players to him for professional representation.
Richardson could face is between 18-24 months in prison, though a final sentence could be outside of that. Former USC assistant coach Tony Bland also came to a plea agreement last month, though he was found to have taken only $5,000, and thus could receive a lighter penalty.