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Article: Ex-ref Donaghy released after 13 months in prison; Notebook.(Sports)
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- The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA)
- Article date:
- November 5, 2009
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Byline: The Associated Press
BROOKSVILLE, Fla. -- Disgraced former NBA referee Tim Donaghy was a free man Wednesday after serving most of a 15-month sentence in a gambling scandal.
Pat Berdan, a consultant working with Donaghy, said he was released from Hernando County Jail in Florida. Donaghy had been jailed there since August after officials said he violated travel restrictions while living at a halfway house in the Tampa area.
A New York judge sentenced the ex-referee in July 2008 after Donaghy said he took thousands of dollars from a professional gambler in exchange for inside tips on games -- including games he worked.
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