Prosecutors filed more charges Monday against Jayson Williams in the shooting death of a limousine driver at his mansion, alleging the former NBA star wiped his own fingerprints off the shotgun and told guests to tell police it was suicide.
Williams has been charged with manslaughter in the Feb. 14 shooting of Costas Christofi. Prosecutors have said the NBC studio analyst and former New Jersey Net was handling the shotgun recklessly.
The new charges are hindering apprehension, evidence tampering, witness tampering, fabricating physical evidence and conspiracy to obstruct the law, which carry a combined penalty of more than 14 years in prison. Manslaughter carries up to 10 years in prison.
Williams, 34, surrendered at the courthouse Monday and posted $20,000 bail. His lawyer, Joseph Hayden, declined to answer questions.
After Christofi was shot, Williams removed his own clothes and tried to hide them, officials said. He also allegedly tried to position the shotgun at an angle to make it seem as if the driver shot himself.
Two of his guests, Kent Culuko, 29, and John W. Gordnick, 44, were also charged Monday with evidence tampering, hindering apprehension and conspiracy to obstruct the law. Culuko, a former NBA player who was waived by the Nets in 1997, was also charged with witness tampering.
Both surrendered Monday and were being held in lieu of $50,000 bail each.
