UPDATE: Ex-Baylor basketball player accused of trying to blackmail Robert Griffin III released from jail
By KIRSTEN CROW
kcrow@wacotrib.com
12:46 p.m.: A McLennan County Jail spokeswoman said Richard Khamir Hurd was released after jail staff received a fax from federal agents around noon.
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A federal judge has set a $25,000 bond for a 25-year-old man sources say is accused of trying to blackmail Robert Griffin III.
Richard Hurd
Richard Khamir Hurd, a former Baylor basketball player, is charged with extortion following his Friday arrest by FBI agents.
Court documents unsealed following Hurd’s 10 a.m. arraignment describe Hurd contacting an representative of a St. Louis, Mo., agency, identified only as “B.D.” on June 18.
“Hurd communicated that he had derogatory information on a client of B.D., and that he intended to release that information to the media to damage or injure the reputation of B.D.’s client unless the client paid Hurd a substantial sum of money,” states the affidavit.
Griffin is not named in the document, but sources said Sunday that the Heisman Trophy winner was the target of the alleged extortion attempt. His manager’s name is Ben Dogra.
According to records, a man appointed by "B.D." to represent the agency and Hurd met at a Waco business on Friday, where Hurd “signed a non-disclosure agreement, turned over his derogatory information and was give a check representing the lump-sum payment.”
An undercover FBI agent was also present at the meeting, state court documents.
Hurd was arrested shortly after the meeting, according to the affidavit.
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