After the FBI investigation in 1983, Art Schlichter found himself in trouble with the law again in 2011. According to Bleacher Report, the ex-Colts star pleaded guilty after he ran a ticketing scam. Schlichter accepted payments from individuals and promised to get them tickets to college and NFL games. The football star never came through with his promise and used the money to fuel his gambling addiction. The Indy Star reports Schlichter was officially convicted in May 2012. He was sentenced to 11 years in a Federal Correctional Institute in Colorado and an additional 10 years in an Ohio penitentiary.
Many individuals in prison tend to learn a lesson from their wrongdoing, but Schlichter only kept up his bad habits. The football quarterback was close to being released when prison officials discovered he was having people gamble on his behalf, per Indy Star. Emails and phone records proved this to be true, so he was banned from emails for 90 days.
Schlichter’s attorney, Stephen Palmer, attempted to get the former quarterback released early due to dealing with Parkinson’s disease, diabetes, and dementia, per Indy Star. However, Schlichter’s bets in prison seemed to be why Judge Chris Brown denied the motion. Brown said, “He is past the point of rehabilitation. To release him now would be to subject the people of Franklin County to further criminal conduct. I have no faith he is going to get out and conduct (himself appropriately).”
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