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Article: Billy Sims Faces Court Date
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- January 30, 2001
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01-30-2001
Billy Sims Faces Court Date
TULSA, Okla. (AP) -- Billy Sims, the 1978 Heisman Trophy winner from Oklahoma, was ordered to appear in court March 21 concerning accusations he owes more than $14,000 from a 1997 child-support conviction.
Sims pleaded guilty Oct. 10, 1997, to failing to pay $32,900 in child support he owed for the support of Shawnte Renee Sims.
In January 1998, he was sentenced to a month in jail for breaking a child-support law and was ordered to make installment payments.
Sims had paid more than $18,000 by the time he was sentenced, but hasn't paid any since, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
U.S. Magistrate Claire Eagan on Monday told Sims to ...