'Big Baller LiAngelo Ball Could Get Big Prison Time For Shoplifting In China
The arrest of a “big baller” could result in a much bigger punishment than some might expect.
LiAngelo Ball was among the three American college basketball players accused of shoplifting in a luxury store in China and could be severely punished for it, including getting sentenced to a lengthy prison sentence. The UCLA freshman, who is also a son of the polarizing LaVar Ball and brother to hoops stars Lonzo and LaMelo, was nabbed along with two teammates for stealing from the Louis Vuitton store in Hangzhou, ESPN reported Tuesday afternoon.
The team was there to play a preseason game against Georgia Tech University on Friday.
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While details were scarce, such as what was allegedly stolen, criminal penalties for theft in China are among the strictest in the world.
“Those robbing public or private property using force, coercion, or other methods are to be sentenced to three to 10 years in prison in addition to fine,” according to the Criminal Law of the People’s Republic of China.
https://newsone.com/3757629/china-shoplifting-laws-liangelo-ball-arrested-punishment/amp/
UCLA men’s basketball players LiAngelo Ball, Cody Riley, and Jalen Hill were arrested Tuesday after the freshmen trio were caught shoplifting, according to ESPN’s Jeff Goodman. The Bruins were traveling in China for their season opener against Georgia Tech; while the team hasn’t yet made any announcements, it’s likely that UCLA will be without its heralded Class of 2017 recruiting class when it takes on the Yellow Jackets Friday evening.
The Bruins were in Hangzhou at the time of the arrests; the Friday contest is set to take place in Shanghai. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, police were called to the hotel that the two teams were staying at in Hangzhou early Tuesday morning. Three Georgia Tech players—sophomore Justin Moore and freshmen Jose Alvarado and Jon Brown—were questioned and cleared by local police. The AJC reports that police inspected the UCLA team bus before more police arrived in response to the situation. Both teams left for Shanghai later in the afternoon.
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Update (5:57 p.m. EST): ESPN is now reporting that the UCLA trio was caught attempting to steal items from a Louis Vuitton store that was next to the hotel. Twenty police officers showed up to the hotel at 8 a.m. and sequestered the Bruins and Yellow Jackets players in a room for question “for hours.” According to Goodman, the UCLA players were seen entering a police vehicle and are reportedly no longer with rest of the team, which departed for Shanghai in the afternoon. UCLA also released the following statement, which doesn’t say or confirm much of anything:
https://deadspin.com/liangelo-ball-among-trio-of-ucla-players-arrested-for-s-1820229288
Shoplifting is the most common crime in the city I live in. It is not a strict law at all here. Shoplifting is also common in college sports but it is only big news when someone notable is caught which I think is a symptom of not paying college athletes then throw a whole bunch of rules at them to deny them to earn other types of income like endorsements.
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