The daughters of former NBA All-Star Jason Williams are accused of neglecting their lives after their father played a role in the 2002 shooting of a limousine driver. criticized the decision to induct his father into the school’s track and field hall of fame.
Triumph and Wisdom Williams wrote an open letter They were going to send him to St. John’s, who said the school should be ashamed of him for being introduced into the class on Saturday homecoming weekend.
Williams, 54, has served more than a year in prison for the accidental shotgun death of his driver, Costas Christofi, at his New Jersey mansion.
The sisters each accused Williams of neglect and emotional and verbal abuse, and the power forward, who once signed a six-year, $86 million contract with the New Jersey Nets, failed to provide adequate financial support.
19-year-old Triumph Jay Williams, who is studying drama at DePaul, detailed the accusation that her sister was trapped in a trash can by Williams. Triumph also lashed out at St. John’s for “probably misusing money to honor Jason Williams, an idiot.”
“Why are you honored and inducted into the Hall of Fame? Despite you, let alone success, I always had to strive to survive. St. John’s University – You should be ashamed of themselves,” she wrote.
Whizdom J Williams, an 18-year-old Fashion Institute of Technology student, accused her father of being an alcoholic and a “lethargic father who lacks remorse.”
St. Johns and Williams did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Williams killed Christophe while showing a friend a 12-gauge shotgun. According to testimony, Williams wiped off his weapon and handed it to the driver’s hand, removed his own clothes, handed them to his friend, and jumped into the pool.Williams’ attorney said the shooting was an accident and his actions claimed to have been caused by panic.
He made a tearful apology to the victim’s family when he was sentenced to death in 2010. Williams divorced his daughter’s mother, Tanya, and joined Christophe in 2003 to settle a wrongful death lawsuit. paid more than $2 million to the family of
Williams then founded an addiction rehabilitation program called the Florida Rebound Institute.
However, his daughters write that Williams did not make amends to them.
“I knew I couldn’t change who my father was or how he viewed and treated me,” Wisdom wrote. I knew.”
She also wrote a poem about her father, dedicating it, “To the weakest man I know, Jason.”
Williams averaged 7.3 points and 7.5 rebounds over nine seasons with the Philadelphia 76ers and Nets. At 6-foot-10, Williams was one of the NBA’s best rebounders when he retired from the Nets in 2000 due to a leg injury.
He played three seasons for St. John’s under Hall of Fame coach Lou Carneseca. Williams, who co-captained in 1989–90, was part of his team with 24 wins as he advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament in St. Johns. He was selected 21st overall in his 1990 draft and recorded his 3,472 points, 3,584 rebounds and 301 blocks in his professional career.
Williams will be in a class of seven at St. John’s Commencement, including 2016 Olympic high jumper Priscilla Frederick and 2016 Olympic fencing silver medalist Darryl Homer.
