{"id":4926,"date":"2026-03-16T21:21:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T21:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/2026\/03\/glen-big-baby-davis-released-from-prison-after-health-care-fraud-sentence\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T21:21:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T21:21:00","slug":"glen-big-baby-davis-released-from-prison-after-health-care-fraud-sentence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/2026\/03\/glen-big-baby-davis-released-from-prison-after-health-care-fraud-sentence\/","title":{"rendered":"Glen \u2018Big Baby\u2019 Davis Released From Prison After Health Care Fraud Sentence"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Former NBA champion Glen \u201cBig Baby\u201d Davis has officially been released from federal prison.<\/p>\n<p>\u200bAccording to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7116086\/2026\/03\/13\/glen-davis-released-prison-health-care-fraud\/\">The Athletic,<\/a> Davis was released after serving 17 months of a 40-month sentence following his conviction for his role in a scheme to defraud the NBA\u2019s Health and Welfare Benefit Plan.<\/p>\n<p>\u200bUpon his release, the former Celtics big man shared a video on social media with a characteristic \u201cI\u2019m back, baby\u201d message. While his time behind bars is over, Davis will now transition to a Long Beach Residential Reentry Management Office, aka a New York halfway house, until July 9, 2026. His stay will include \u201cfinancial management classes and drug treatment.\u201d He will also serve three years of supervised release.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-several-nba-players-were-indicted-in-the-scheme\">Several NBA players were indicted in the scheme<\/h2>\n<p>Along with Davis, several other former players were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/18-ex-nba-players-charged-in-4m-health-care-fraud-scheme\">charged<\/a> under the federal indictment. Darius Miles, Milt Palacio, Eddie Robinson, Ruben Patterson, Antoine Wright, Jamario Moon, Christopher Douglas-Roberts, Charles Watson Jr., Anthony Wroten, Alan Anderson, and Gregory Smith.<\/p>\n<p>Former New Jersey Nets player Terrence Williams, who prosecutors claim came up with the scam, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-sdny\/pr\/former-nba-player-terrence-williams-sentenced-10-years-prison-defrauding-nba-players\">sentenced<\/a> to 10 years in prison in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>After a standout collegiate tenure at LSU, Davis was the 2006 SEC Player of the Year. He led the Tigers to the Final Four, and Davis was selected 35th overall in the 2007 NBA Draft. He immediately traded to the Boston Celtics, where he became a major contributor. Davis helped the legendary \u201cBig Three\u201d era secure the 2008 NBA Championship in his rookie season.<\/p>\n<p>Following four seasons in Boston, he signed a significant deal with the Orlando Magic. In Orlando, he reached his statistical peak. He averaged a career-high 15.1 points and 7.2 rebounds during the 2012\u201313 season. Davis finished his NBA career with the Los Angeles Clippers. He retired with career averages of 8.0 points and 4.4 rebounds across 514 regular-season games.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Oscars Finally Got It RIGHT! \u2018Sinners\u2019 Sweeps &#038; Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet Gets the Leo Treatment\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jy6dbcdTYkI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u200b<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former NBA champion Glen \u201cBig Baby\u201d Davis has officially been released from federal prison. \u200bAccording to The Athletic, Davis was&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14044,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6],"tags":[10,9],"class_list":["post-4926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-rss","tag-culture","tag-hip-hop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14044"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4926\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}