Basketball Wives alum Brittish Williams has been released from federal custody and reunited with her family.
New footage released on Wednesday, August 13, shows her greeting her young daughter and former fiancé Lorenzo Gordon, who brought her red roses.
Her release follows a prosecution led by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri.
In May 2023, Williams pleaded guilty to 15 felonies: five counts of misuse of a Social Security number, four counts of bank fraud, three counts of making false statements to the IRS, and three counts of wire fraud.
At her October 2023 sentencing, U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey told her, “You knew what you were doing. You knew it was wrong and you did it anyway.” The court imposed a four-year prison term, five years of supervised release, and $564,069 in restitution.
According to court filings, the Basketball Wives personality underreported income on her 2017–2019 tax returns and falsely claimed a niece and nephew as dependents, avoiding $29,366 in taxes.
Prosecutors stated that she used Social Security numbers not assigned to her to open credit and bank accounts, resulting in $28,537 in losses, and carried out additional bank fraud that led to an additional $23,850 in losses.
She also submitted nine Economic Injury Disaster Loan applications with false claims about business income, payroll, and criminal history, receiving $144,400, and obtained $52,647 through four Paycheck Protection Program loans.
After her 2021 indictment, Williams applied to California’s COVID-19 Rent Relief program and received $27,801 by claiming state residency and reduced work hours.
Her plea agreement states that she stopped paying rent in July 2021 and failed to disclose a $4,000 network payment that covered her $3,803 rent.
Prosecutors further said she submitted fraudulent medical bills to at least one insurer, which paid $139,479.92 to her or co-conspirators. Post-indictment, she failed to file annual tax returns and claimed “exempt” status at a radio job that paid $90,000.
After the plea, her attorney, Beau Brindley, said, “Brittish Williams was punished today, not for fraud, but for her celebrity.”