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Former Arizona Wildcats assistant coach Book Richardson pleads guilty to bribery charge

Former Arizona assistant coach Emanuel "Book" Richardson has pleaded guilty to a bribery charge in a prosecution that exposed corruption in college basketball recruiting.

With Tuesday's plea, Richardson becomes the second former coach within a month to plead guilty in the case.

The pleas came after an Adidas executive and two recruiting insiders were convicted last fall in the scandal.

Richardson, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery, was among 10 people arrested in September 2017.

Richardson was accused of accepting $20,000 in bribes and using that money to entice a recruit to attend Arizona.