From 'top of mountain' to prison: Former gold medalist hits bottom

ATVZ400 · May 16, 2008

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Olympic gold medalist Tim Montgomery was sentenced to 46 months in prison Friday for his part in a multimillion-dollar fake-check scheme.

The former track star, 33, hung his head as Judge Kenneth Karas imposed the sentence.

Montgomery pleaded guilty last year to conspiracy in the bank fraud and money laundering plot. Prosecutors said he had a hand in depositing bogus checks worth $1.7 million.

Montgomery retired in 2005 after he was banned from track and field for doping. He has a child with Marion Jones, the track superstar who is now in prison for lying about the check scam and about her use of performance-enhancing drugs.

"I've had everything I ever wanted in life. I've stood on the top of the mountain," Montgomery told the court. But now, "the gold medal, all those people cheering, that was part of another world. ... In jail, my status is gone."
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SICK · May 16, 2008

sad man.....there ya go kids...you cheat.....you lose

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