World Courant
TULSA, Okla.– An Oklahoma choose ordered a Kansas Metropolis Chiefs superfan generally known as “ChiefsAholic,” who admitted to a collection of financial institution robberies, to pay $10.8 million to a financial institution teller he threatened and attacked with a gun.
A choose in Tulsa final week granted the warrant towards Xaviar Michael Bubudar, 29, who was recognized for attending Chiefs video games dressed as a wolf within the NFL staff’s gear. Former financial institution teller Payton Garcia alleged Bubudar used a gun to assault her throughout a theft of a credit score union in Bixby, Oklahoma in December 2022, courtroom information present.
The choose ordered Bubudar to pay Garcia $3.6 million for her accidents and lack of revenue, and $7.2 million in damages. A message left with Bubudar’s lawyer on Tuesday was not instantly returned.
Garcia’s lawyer, Frank Frasier, acknowledged it might be troublesome to gather the cash for his shopper, however stated the decision sends an vital message.
“I feel the choose feels that manner,” Frasier informed The Related Press. “She did not say it outright through the listening to, however I argued that nobody ought to profit from this, whether or not by fame, clicks, views or likes.”
Frasier stated that if Bubudar ever bought his story, wrote a ebook or profited from his story not directly, his shopper may gather a part of the judgment towards him.
Bubudar pleaded responsible in February to a collection of robberies of banks and credit score unions in a number of states. He’ll stay in custody till his formal sentencing, which takes place on July 10 in Kansas Metropolis.
Federal prosecutors say Babudar admitted to committing the robberies and tried robberies in 2022 and 2023 and to laundering the stolen cash by casinos and on-line playing.
As a part of the settlement, Babudar should pay no less than $532,675 in restitution. He should additionally forfeit property, together with a signed portray of Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes recovered by the FBI.
Earlier than his arrest, Babudar was a well known determine on social media for his fanatical assist of the Chiefs and attended a number of video games dressed as a wolf in Chiefs gear.
