Yep...
Legal troubles
On January 5, 2009, Walker was arrested for
DUI in
Miami Beach, Florida.
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On July 15, 2009, Walker was charged with three felony counts of writing bad checks related to gambling debts he had incurred at three Las Vegas casinos.
[13] Walker was arrested on July 15 at
Harrah's Casino in
South Lake Tahoe,
Nevada. The charges stemmed from over $800,000 in gambling debts. Walker was in Tahoe to play in the
American Century Celebrity Golf Classic the following day.
[14]
On June 30, 2010, Walker entered a plea of not guilty on felony bad check charges stemming from his failure to pay $770,000 in gambling losses to Caesars Palace and two other casinos in Las Vegas, according to the
Las Vegas Review Journal.
[15] A year later, he pled guilty to one felony count of passing a bad check. Under the plea agreement, he did not face a prison term, and was put on probation and worked towards repaying the debt.
[16]
Robberies
In July 2000, Walker and former University of Kentucky teammate
Nazr Mohammed were robbed outside a Chicago South Side restaurant.
[17] On July 9, 2007, Walker and another individual were robbed at gunpoint by two offenders in his own house. The assailants made off with close to $200,000 worth of merchandise, including Walker's
Mercedes. His car was later recovered having been stripped of its expensive aftermarket wheels and stereo system. Four men were charged in this robbery and two of them were also linked to the similar robbery of fellow NBA player,
Eddy Curry.
[18]
Bankruptcy
On May 18, 2010, Walker filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection in the Southern District of Florida (Miami) as case number 10-23558 with total assets of $4.3 million and debts of $12.7 million. The filing listed four pieces of real estate including a $2.3 million Miami home that is underwater with a mortgage of $3.6 million, and three other properties in Chicago, one listed for $1.4 million.
Nazr Mohammed paid half the fee of Walker's bankruptcy attorney.