Brittish Williams took to her Instagram today to share a heartwarming photo of her posing with her 5-year-old daughter, whom she shares with ex, Lorenzo Gordon. In her touching caption, she wrote, “Forever me and you.”
The heartfelt post comes in the wake of Williams’ recent sentencing to four years in prison for her involvement in tax fraud, bank fraud, insurance fraud and pandemic-related scams. In addition to the four-year prison sentence, she has been ordered to pay restitution totaling $564,069.
During her court appearance on Tuesday, the 33-year-old Basketball Wives alum made a plea to the judge for leniency.
She expressed how “heartbreaking” the idea of being apart from her daughter Dash was. Williams, acknowledging her mistakes, stated, “I knew better and I did it anyway.”
The charges against Brittish Williams were substantial, as she pleaded guilty to 15 felonies, including misusing a Social Security number, bank fraud, making false statements to the IRS, and wire fraud, as reported by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri.
Williams’ attorney, Beau Brindley, argued that her sentence was excessively harsh, primarily driven by her status as a public figure.
He stated, “Brittish Williams was punished today, not for fraud, but for her celebrity. The Court chose to treat her more harshly due to her status as a public figure rather than treating similarly situated defendants equally.”
In her plea agreement, Williams confessed to under-reporting her income on tax returns for the years 2017-2019 and falsely claiming dependents, leading to a substantial tax evasion amounting to $29,366.
Furthermore, she was involved in fraudulent activities, using Social Security numbers not assigned to her to open accounts with credit card companies and banks. Williams failed to repay the accounts she had opened, causing victims to suffer losses totaling $28,537.
Stolen Social Security numbers were also employed in bank fraud, as Williams deposited checks and withdrew funds from the accounts of victims, resulting in additional losses amounting to $23,850.
Additionally, she misappropriated rent relief funds by pocketing money meant for her landlord and applying for rent relief from the state of California.
In court, Williams expressed remorse for her actions, acknowledging that she made poor decisions. “Opportunities arose, and I made the wrong decisions,” she said.
