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Brian Bowen Sr.: Colleges offered cash, improper benefits for son to attend

NEW YORK -- Brian Bowen Sr., who is accused of agreeing to a pay-for-play scheme to receive $100,000 from Adidas to send his son to the University of Louisville, broke down during his testimony on Thursday in a federal criminal trial involving bribes and other corruption in college basketball.

Within the first 10 minutes of Bowen's testimony, assistant U.S. attorney Edward Diskant asked him about his son, Brian Bowen II, who is also known affectionately as "Tugs."

"Is Tugs presently in college?" Diskant asked.

"Uh, no, he's not," Bowen answered.

"Why isn't he in college?