February 10, 2026 • 9 mins
Attorney Stuart W. Penrose of Minnillo Law Group joins us every week to discuss sports and the law. This week we discussed a rare win in court for the NCAA, possible federal prison for a former Red, two baseball players in hot water for their possible role in an alleged gambling ring, and major trouble for an NFL player.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
In fifteen thirty. Here twenty four from the five o'clock
This is ESPN fifteen thirty Moegar. Thank you for listening.
We'll go to a goodyear. Pat Brennan from The Inquirer
and Cincinnati dot com covering the Reds as they start
spring training is going to join us in just about
(00:20):
thirty minutes, and we can't wait for that. Five pet
three seven four nine, fifteen thirty is our phone number.
If we have time, we'll sque some calls in after
we talk with Pat coming up in the five o'clock hour.
Follow me on Twitter at moegar. Thanks to our friends
at Delta Dental. Delta Dental is building healthy, smart, vibrant
communities for all good at Delta dentalh dot com. On Tuesdays,
(00:46):
at this time, we chat with our legal expert, attorney
Stuart wed Penrose from the Manilo Law Group. He answers
our sports and law questions and we have a bunch today. Stuart,
what's going on?
Speaker 2 (00:57):
Doing well? No, how about yourself?
Speaker 1 (00:59):
I'm doing well. So let's start with Charles Mediaco, the
now former and maybe future Alabama Crimson Tide basketball player
who has been told no by the courts, you're not eligible,
You're not going to be able to play. A rare
win for the nc double A. Does this mean that
the door for him playing college basketball is permanently closed?
Speaker 2 (01:20):
It sounds like it. It could certainly be challenged, but
it sounds like it. The n C double A got
a big win here, mo win that they that they
really needed. And his case was a bit different from
some of these other G League players. You know, he
was already you know, he'd already played college basketball. The
n C double A wanted to set this line. Hey,
it's you go to the draft and stay in after playing,
(01:42):
you're done. And they finally got a court to agree
with them. We'll see if it holds up, but it's
pretty good precedent for the n C double A. Here
is an injunction was set to expire, very very unlikely
that that this could be put back on to where
he could play before the end of the seat, and
the NCAA picked up a pretty good president setting win here.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
What is the likelihood that the NCAA could get together
with lawmakers and create a set of rules that can't
be challenged in court.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
Tough to say, It's not all federal law. There's the
laws of every state which the NCAA operates, which is
all fifty states as well too. It would be a
very difficult thing to do, quite frankly, if there was
a way to do it, I'm sure they probably would
have done so by now.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
All right, So Charles Bediaco's college basketball two point zero
dream is at least deferred in maybe dead. Let's talk
about something that's a little bit more serious. Explain to
me why former Red Yesel Puigue may end up spending
a lot of time in prison.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
Well, he got a convicted of obstruction of justice and
line the prosecutors, he's facing fifteen years in prison for this,
just went to a jury trial over it lost and
now he's at the mercy of a of a may
senten scene right now, moo. So he's he's stated it
a lot right now and all of his own doing.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
What are what are the sentencing possibilities here? Because I've
read you know what the maximum is is likely to
not necessarily match what the actual sentence turns out to be.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
That's exactly right. I mean the maximum that he's safety
years is fifteen years. I'm not sure what prior criminal
convictions he has, you know, he played in the MLB
for so many years. I'm guessing that he's probably relatively light.
If any prior contacts with the court, that's going to
be taken into consideration. I know that his defense was
trying to state that he, you know, didn't fully understand
(03:41):
the linguist language and didn't have Council of Criminal counsel
with him present in the meeting where he you know,
lied to officials re least convicted of you know, lying
to officials and a meeting about his illegal gambling. Certainly
that's it's not an excuse, but it's an explanation. It
is mitigation to some extent.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
How often that's good.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
They've got him in on what's that message? Most you
know say same flat out that he lied to him.
So there's certainly no cooperation here, and the charges are
effectively that he didn't cooperate. So that's not a good
fact for him.
Speaker 1 (04:13):
Whether it's a case like this, My apologies for interrupting,
but whether it's a case like this or or or
a different type of case, you know you mentioned there's
language barriers. Yes, El Puigue I believe has the equivalent
of a third grade education. That's by his own admission.
How often are barriers like that taken into consideration when
it comes to sentencing or even guilty or not guilty.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
It's mitigation to something it's not guilt, or in a
sense it's mitigation. Certainly in court there would be an
interpreter available for all court proceedings. I'm not sure exactly
of the of the factors in that specific interview in
which these charges originated from and the you know, conviction
(04:57):
ultimately came from, but it would be taken into consider
for mitigation here for his seventeen purposes.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
Yes, Helpwig last played in the big leagues in twenty nineteen,
but he has been an active player internationally. He is
awaiting sentencing. Is he now not able to go play
in another country while he awaits it? Or can he
be allowed to go play with the assumption that he's
going to come back when he finally has to stand
in front of a judge.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
Absolutely, this could prevent him from going overseas and playing overseas.
You're now convicted federal selling. You have a seventeen coming
up in three months one. I don't know if the
team is going to touch here. He is a United
States citizen. He did become a United States citizen in
twenty nineteen, so he does have that. But yes, this
(05:42):
is absolutely going to affect his ability to travel and
play baseball this season and perhaps beyond.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
Attorney Stewart W. Penrose from the Manila Law Group joins
us to talk about sports and the law every Tuesday.
This is a case that we started talking about in November.
The two Cleveland Guardians, pitchers Emmanuel Klaus and Luis Ortiz.
While their teammates are getting set to report to spring
training in goodyear, they are staring at the possibility of
as many as sixty five years in prison. And it's
(06:09):
interesting apparently the story came out this week Classe in
particular was rigging pitches in more games than it was
originally believed. Walk me through this case and does the
story that came out this week perhaps make the punishment
he faces more severe?
Speaker 2 (06:26):
Absolutely, it makes it more severe. Essencely, the what they're
coming out and saying is that he participated in this
scheme and up to forty eight games and apparently something
around two hundred and fifty pitches. And this is not
some low level MLB player. He was a star. He
was an All star and a very very elite reliever.
(06:46):
This is a big whale for the government to get here,
much more so than his teammate. Yes, he's facing significant
time here. What ultimately happens with that, I don't know expectedly,
since she has probably a little to know prior contacts
with the But this is a he's a big six
that they're trying to get here, and this is a
very significant news that you know, shows much more involvement
(07:08):
than we thought he had before.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
Can you outline for me the trouble that Falcons linebacker
James Pierce faces in the aftermath of his arrest in
Miami for felony, aggravated battery and fleeing police.
Speaker 2 (07:21):
Well, the allegations on this one are crazy. I mean,
the allegations are that he's stalking his ex girlfriend and apparently,
uh you know, was put at gunpoint by a cop
to be to be arrested, gets back in his car
and drives off and hits the cop with in his knee.
So the the allegations here are awful for him, just awful.
And again, this is a this was an elite rookie,
(07:42):
bright future ahead of him, and he still may have
a bright future ahead of him, who knows, but he's
got a significant challenge to go through here. I cannot
imagine this won't end in some sort of felony charges
here given this disobedience to the officer hitting the officer.
The level of injury the officer has here is going
to be crucial. If he alleges a serious injury, that's
(08:03):
gonna make his charges go up here and he'll be
facing a lot.
Speaker 1 (08:07):
Yeah, certainly looks like it. Awesome insight as always, my friend,
Thanks so much, Thank you Mo. That's our guy. Our
legal expert attorney Stuart W. Penrose make sure you learn
more at manilolawgroup dot com. Joins us every Tuesday at
four thirty five. The Charles Bettiaco case. The sincere hope
(08:28):
is that there's a way for the NCAA to work
with the government to come up with rules that can't
be as beaten down in court as often as they
have been in the past. It is a quarter to five.
We're gonna go to Goodyear coming up in five oh five.
Pat Brennan's there, our guy. Pat Brennan's carved out some
time for us, which is awesome. At you Haneos Suarez
(08:51):
and many of his teammates in Goodyear getting set for
a workout tomorrow. A reminder of the best Reds offseason move.
Speaker 2 (08:59):
Next Cincinnati's ESPN fifteen thirty.
Speaker 1 (09:04):
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Learn more at UCHealth dot com. On northbound seventy one,
there is an accident at Fort Washington Way. Starting to
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as well. In Ohio southbound seventy five, there's an accident
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I'm at Ezelic with traffic this report
In fifteen thirty. Here twenty four from the five o'clock
This is ESPN fifteen thirty Moegar. Thank you for listening.
We'll go to a goodyear. Pat Brennan from The Inquirer
and Cincinnati dot com covering the Reds as they start
spring training is going to join us in just about
(00:20):
thirty minutes, and we can't wait for that. Five pet
three seven four nine, fifteen thirty is our phone number.
If we have time, we'll sque some calls in after
we talk with Pat coming up in the five o'clock hour.
Follow me on Twitter at moegar. Thanks to our friends
at Delta Dental. Delta Dental is building healthy, smart, vibrant
communities for all good at Delta dentalh dot com. On Tuesdays,
(00:46):
at this time, we chat with our legal expert, attorney
Stuart wed Penrose from the Manilo Law Group. He answers
our sports and law questions and we have a bunch today. Stuart,
what's going on?
Speaker 2 (00:57):
Doing well? No, how about yourself?
Speaker 1 (00:59):
I'm doing well. So let's start with Charles Mediaco, the
now former and maybe future Alabama Crimson Tide basketball player
who has been told no by the courts, you're not eligible,
You're not going to be able to play. A rare
win for the nc double A. Does this mean that
the door for him playing college basketball is permanently closed?
Speaker 2 (01:20):
It sounds like it. It could certainly be challenged, but
it sounds like it. The n C double A got
a big win here, mo win that they that they
really needed. And his case was a bit different from
some of these other G League players. You know, he
was already you know, he'd already played college basketball. The
n C double A wanted to set this line. Hey,
it's you go to the draft and stay in after playing,
(01:42):
you're done. And they finally got a court to agree
with them. We'll see if it holds up, but it's
pretty good precedent for the n C double A. Here
is an injunction was set to expire, very very unlikely
that that this could be put back on to where
he could play before the end of the seat, and
the NCAA picked up a pretty good president setting win here.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
What is the likelihood that the NCAA could get together
with lawmakers and create a set of rules that can't
be challenged in court.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
Tough to say, It's not all federal law. There's the
laws of every state which the NCAA operates, which is
all fifty states as well too. It would be a
very difficult thing to do, quite frankly, if there was
a way to do it, I'm sure they probably would
have done so by now.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
All right, So Charles Bediaco's college basketball two point zero
dream is at least deferred in maybe dead. Let's talk
about something that's a little bit more serious. Explain to
me why former Red Yesel Puigue may end up spending
a lot of time in prison.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
Well, he got a convicted of obstruction of justice and
line the prosecutors, he's facing fifteen years in prison for this,
just went to a jury trial over it lost and
now he's at the mercy of a of a may
senten scene right now, moo. So he's he's stated it
a lot right now and all of his own doing.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
What are what are the sentencing possibilities here? Because I've
read you know what the maximum is is likely to
not necessarily match what the actual sentence turns out to be.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
That's exactly right. I mean the maximum that he's safety
years is fifteen years. I'm not sure what prior criminal
convictions he has, you know, he played in the MLB
for so many years. I'm guessing that he's probably relatively light.
If any prior contacts with the court, that's going to
be taken into consideration. I know that his defense was
trying to state that he, you know, didn't fully understand
(03:41):
the linguist language and didn't have Council of Criminal counsel
with him present in the meeting where he you know,
lied to officials re least convicted of you know, lying
to officials and a meeting about his illegal gambling. Certainly
that's it's not an excuse, but it's an explanation. It
is mitigation to some extent.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
How often that's good.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
They've got him in on what's that message? Most you
know say same flat out that he lied to him.
So there's certainly no cooperation here, and the charges are
effectively that he didn't cooperate. So that's not a good
fact for him.
Speaker 1 (04:13):
Whether it's a case like this, My apologies for interrupting,
but whether it's a case like this or or or
a different type of case, you know you mentioned there's
language barriers. Yes, El Puigue I believe has the equivalent
of a third grade education. That's by his own admission.
How often are barriers like that taken into consideration when
it comes to sentencing or even guilty or not guilty.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
It's mitigation to something it's not guilt, or in a
sense it's mitigation. Certainly in court there would be an
interpreter available for all court proceedings. I'm not sure exactly
of the of the factors in that specific interview in
which these charges originated from and the you know, conviction
(04:57):
ultimately came from, but it would be taken into consider
for mitigation here for his seventeen purposes.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
Yes, Helpwig last played in the big leagues in twenty nineteen,
but he has been an active player internationally. He is
awaiting sentencing. Is he now not able to go play
in another country while he awaits it? Or can he
be allowed to go play with the assumption that he's
going to come back when he finally has to stand
in front of a judge.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
Absolutely, this could prevent him from going overseas and playing overseas.
You're now convicted federal selling. You have a seventeen coming
up in three months one. I don't know if the
team is going to touch here. He is a United
States citizen. He did become a United States citizen in
twenty nineteen, so he does have that. But yes, this
(05:42):
is absolutely going to affect his ability to travel and
play baseball this season and perhaps beyond.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
Attorney Stewart W. Penrose from the Manila Law Group joins
us to talk about sports and the law every Tuesday.
This is a case that we started talking about in November.
The two Cleveland Guardians, pitchers Emmanuel Klaus and Luis Ortiz.
While their teammates are getting set to report to spring
training in goodyear, they are staring at the possibility of
as many as sixty five years in prison. And it's
(06:09):
interesting apparently the story came out this week Classe in
particular was rigging pitches in more games than it was
originally believed. Walk me through this case and does the
story that came out this week perhaps make the punishment
he faces more severe?
Speaker 2 (06:26):
Absolutely, it makes it more severe. Essencely, the what they're
coming out and saying is that he participated in this
scheme and up to forty eight games and apparently something
around two hundred and fifty pitches. And this is not
some low level MLB player. He was a star. He
was an All star and a very very elite reliever.
(06:46):
This is a big whale for the government to get here,
much more so than his teammate. Yes, he's facing significant
time here. What ultimately happens with that, I don't know expectedly,
since she has probably a little to know prior contacts
with the But this is a he's a big six
that they're trying to get here, and this is a
very significant news that you know, shows much more involvement
(07:08):
than we thought he had before.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
Can you outline for me the trouble that Falcons linebacker
James Pierce faces in the aftermath of his arrest in
Miami for felony, aggravated battery and fleeing police.
Speaker 2 (07:21):
Well, the allegations on this one are crazy. I mean,
the allegations are that he's stalking his ex girlfriend and apparently,
uh you know, was put at gunpoint by a cop
to be to be arrested, gets back in his car
and drives off and hits the cop with in his knee.
So the the allegations here are awful for him, just awful.
And again, this is a this was an elite rookie,
(07:42):
bright future ahead of him, and he still may have
a bright future ahead of him, who knows, but he's
got a significant challenge to go through here. I cannot
imagine this won't end in some sort of felony charges
here given this disobedience to the officer hitting the officer.
The level of injury the officer has here is going
to be crucial. If he alleges a serious injury, that's
(08:03):
gonna make his charges go up here and he'll be
facing a lot.
Speaker 1 (08:07):
Yeah, certainly looks like it. Awesome insight as always, my friend,
Thanks so much, Thank you Mo. That's our guy. Our
legal expert attorney Stuart W. Penrose make sure you learn
more at manilolawgroup dot com. Joins us every Tuesday at
four thirty five. The Charles Bettiaco case. The sincere hope
(08:28):
is that there's a way for the NCAA to work
with the government to come up with rules that can't
be as beaten down in court as often as they
have been in the past. It is a quarter to five.
We're gonna go to Goodyear coming up in five oh five.
Pat Brennan's there, our guy. Pat Brennan's carved out some
time for us, which is awesome. At you Haneos Suarez
(08:51):
and many of his teammates in Goodyear getting set for
a workout tomorrow. A reminder of the best Reds offseason move.
Speaker 2 (08:59):
Next Cincinnati's ESPN fifteen thirty.
Speaker 1 (09:04):
Traffic from the uc Health Traffic Center at the uc
Health Backneck and Spine Center, spine care is never one
size fits all, from nonsurgical treatments to the most complex cases.
Speaker 2 (09:16):
They've mastered what's best for you.
Speaker 1 (09:18):
Learn more at UCHealth dot com. On northbound seventy one,
there is an accident at Fort Washington Way. Starting to
see a little bit of slow traffic in that area
as well. In Ohio southbound seventy five, there's an accident
that's on the off ramp to westbound two seventy five.
I'm at Ezelic with traffic this report
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