Fame, Fortunes & Legal Troubles

This week, Rufus and Craig unpack a wild mix of headlines involving celebrities, athletes, and cautionary tales. From Faizon Love's child support battle and Mystikal's 20-year prison sentence to Chad Ochocinco's surprising money habits and Karl-Anthony Towns' viral relationship revelation, the guys dive into the stories dominating the culture. Plus, updates on NFL figures facing legal troubles, a bizarre Buckhead robbery, and a reminder that fame and fortune don't always protect people from real-life consequences.

Transcript

SPEAKER_01 0:18

Real time every single day.

SPEAKER_00 0:24

Let's play. Happy Father's Day and welcome to the Rufus and Craig Show. Happy Father's Day to all the fathers in the world. All right, we'll take it from a Rufus. How are you? I'm good. How are you? You know what? I am exceptionally well this morning. Um had a great week. I'm at peace and I'm moving forward in life. Thank you for everything.

SPEAKER_01 0:54

All right, move moving forward.

SPEAKER_00 0:56

One of your favorite phrases. Hey, that's right. That's right. And one motherfucker who ain't moving forward. Well, let's just get right on into the show today.

SPEAKER_01 1:02

Jump right in.

SPEAKER_00 1:03

Yes. Rufus, this story is another reminder that fame doesn't always mean fortune. It doesn't. Nope.

SPEAKER_01 1:10

Some oftentimes it doesn't. So yeah.

SPEAKER_00 1:13

It don't, it don't. Now, our actor, Floor, what is his name? He was in Florida. Faison Love was just released. Yeah. He was in jail in Florida for child support dispute involving payments of $2,500 a month. I think that was somebody I know. I got a relative paying that much, and he's a school teacher. Now, pretty much he's telling the courts, hey, I'm broke and I'm living off my movie royalties. Now, what we do know is he served 16 days. We know what the child support amount is. And now what his ex is alleging is that he owes $250,000 in back child support. And he pretty much told the courts, hey, I'm broke. I earned no money in 2025, and that he is surviving off of his residual checks from the movie F. And so the judge pretty much has, yeah, mm-hmm, from the movie F. Didn't even know his ass was in there. Will Farrow, the red-headed guy.

SPEAKER_01 2:07

I believe so.

SPEAKER_00 2:07

And that movie's old as fuck. That's what he is claiming. And so he has until um July 1 to pretty much show his financial records. I think it was also said that uh I read somewhere um he's saying, oh, he's driving a 1999 vehicle staying on a friend's couch. Um and supposedly he made one payment of $1,000 and then another month he made a $1 payment. And these this is alleged at this point, and he made another payment of $1,000. So, you know, for me, just asking you, do you think that child support should be punitive or should the payments be adjusted when you're dealing with someone whose work is kind of seasonal, if I may say?

SPEAKER_01 2:48

I think both. I think it should be punitive if you don't pay it or if you refuse to pay it. But I also think that if you don't if you're not working for a period of time, how the fuck am I gonna pay child support? I gotta support myself first, right? If I can't pay, if I can't feed myself, how am I gonna feed my child? That's a good idea. And I get, you know, people put their their kids first, but in reality, everybody put themselves first.

SPEAKER_00 3:09

So like I think it's both. It comes with it, yeah. I think it's a part of the game. I don't know. Rufus, are you tapping your foot? Because I hear a little clack.

SPEAKER_01 3:17

No, I'm not.

SPEAKER_00 3:18

I don't tap my feet. Whatever's going on, but nonetheless, it didn't sound like Michael Jackson in the world. What is going on? Yeah, that movie's almost at is it at a billion dollars? What movie? Yeah, worldwide, you brought up Michael Jackson, but nonetheless, phase on love, get it together. And I look at, you know, women. One thing I hear my friends always say, you know, um, one in particular, I remember Lil Nikki said her mom was like, look, don't lay down with them if you don't plan on having a kid with them, because that could be a part of what happens when you lay down with them. Right. And so I think the lady that I saw, she didn't look like no spring chicken. She looked like a hen. So, ma'am, you lay down with Faison Love. I don't know what lifestyle he presented to you before you laid down with him. Um, if there was a lifestyle, uh, but you know, it's 50-50. You know, he laid down, you laid down, a child, you know, was brought into the situation. So, you know, wow, what a way to start our Father's Day. I don't think he wants to have a happy Father's Day.

SPEAKER_01 4:16

Planning should be a part of your parental, you know, you should plan for things like that. If you know you're about to have a child and maybe work ahead and get some money in case the relationship doesn't work out, you know, we all got to plan ahead for everything in life, so that should be part of it as well.

SPEAKER_00 4:31

I agree. I agree, absolutely, absolutely. So um I won't say we wish him the best, just do right, whatever right is in the the eye of the law. So pretty much you gotta make your fucking payments if they need to be reduced. Let's get to that. Um and we'll just move forward for there. And and just staying in the theme of Florida. Florida is the state that is gonna always give. You know, I lived there for a period of time. Woo, Rufus. This isn't just a crime story, this is a government failure story, too. Now, a former probation officer is facing more than 500 years in prison after allegedly leaking secret arrest warrants to a fit in all trafficking ring. And this was in headlines. Crystal Lawson, she's a former Florida juvenile probation officer, and she's been charged with 113 counts of unauthorized computer access.

SPEAKER_01 5:25

Now she leaked this shit too. Yeah. Go ahead and finish it.

SPEAKER_00 5:28

Prosecutors are saying that she leaked confidential information to a drug organization. Investigators say that she still had access to the system years after being fired, and she was there in 2022. Um, so significance of that year. Now, she faces a maximum sentence of approximately 565 years, and her bond has been set at $1.14 million. Now, how does someone get fired years ago, back in 2022, and still have access to sensitive government systems?

SPEAKER_01 5:59

I've seen this in real life. I won't say any names or any situations, but I've seen this in real life. Sometimes people just forget to deactivate your badge or deactivate your user account or your username or whatever. So it's probably just an honest mistake that somebody made. Yeah, she recognized it and didn't didn't report it because she wanted to continue to misuse whatever um is systems that she had access to for whatever reasons she wanted to use them to for. So shit happens. Yeah. But she she did it, so I mean she got an answer to it.

SPEAKER_00 6:30

I read the comments. That was her dude. Could be.

SPEAKER_01 6:36

You know, females don't typically snitch on their dude unless they fuck off them.

SPEAKER_00 6:39

Woo! Crystal says she ain't never scared, okay, bone crusher. So Crystal, you know, and I I think about even in my profession, like when he talks about um, you know, having access to a system, sometimes we people die, they still have access, people get fired, still have access. So when you talk about a level of control, um and and just maintaining that, um, hmm, wow, it it can happen just as you said. It can definitely mistakes happen.

SPEAKER_01 7:07

People are people, we all make mistakes. We're not AI, so we're not perfect. And even that's shit. And neither is AI for that matter. But we should.

SPEAKER_00 7:14

I said, and even is that shit, you sure are right. I always tell people if I make a mistake, definitely it worked. I always say, you better be glad it was me opposed to AI.

SPEAKER_01 7:22

Okay, because AI can't delineate between you know human shit versus, you know, they don't there's it's either black or white. There's no great with AI.

SPEAKER_00 7:30

So that's right. That's right. 2022 was the year that keeps on giving now. Rufus, one of the biggest names to come out of the no limit records, is headed back to prison. Oh, good for him. Rapper Mystical has been sentenced to 20 years after pleading guilty in his 2022, same year as Crystal Ans over there getting fired. Raping. You know what? That's not for the world to see. They can't see us. You know, um you all can't see us, but but nonetheless, now, Mystical more recently has pleaded guilty to third-degree rape. Um, he's been sentenced to that 20 years in prison. Now, originally he faced first-degree rape charges that could have resulted in a life prison, um, a life life in prison rather. And he attempted to withdraw his guilty plea before sentencing. And you know, this is not his first sex offense conviction. No, actually. You know, and we talk about this so often. Now, at what point does someone's legacy become defined by their criminal behavior instead of their talent? And you know what this takes me to when we look at Robert being in jail and Sean Combs being in jail. Both of them are in New York, right? Both of them are in prison in New York. I'm not aware. I think Sean Combs might be in Jersey. Okay, but nonetheless, you know, this is just terrible. I'm just thinking mystical.

SPEAKER_01 9:03

I'm glad that middle school got that time. Because, nigga, how the fuck do you get charged with the same shit and you pled guilty? And you, I think you should get 50 years, nigga. You keep doing the same dumb ass shit. You need to be in jail. I hope somebody raped you in there.

SPEAKER_00 9:19

He's not rehabilitated. That's what it just goes to show. You know, people get let out, and yeah, he he is not. And well, this is you're doing whatever you need to do to take your ass back. And so he did just that, whatever he needed to do to take his ass back, and that is just crazy as hell to me. It's crazy as well. I guess so. He's well on his way, he's headed back. Right, good. Now, whoo, let's take it on from we don't went from Florida over to Louisiana. Let's go on and see what's going on in the good state of Georgia. You know, a lot of wild moments today. Now, Rufus, Nene Leaks has been very open about her son's addiction struggles, and unfortunately, Bryson Bryant is back behind bars.

SPEAKER_01 10:06

Tell me what he was in jail for.

SPEAKER_00 10:08

Now, he was arrested on probation violations, failure to appear, and like FaZe Unlove, failure to pay child support. Now, the probation stems from a fit-in all possession case, and allegedly he failed to report to probation and complete required programs. Now, his bond has been set at approximately, well, not approximately, it's been set at $27,000. And now, you know, if you think back, Nene has publicly discussed trying to help him through addiction. Now, at what point can parents, you know, no longer save their adult children?

SPEAKER_01 10:42

This is what I know about addiction, because I've been around addiction in my in my own personal life as a child. Um, the the addicts, they won't stop until they're ready to. So if they're if they don't want to stop, you can you can try as hard as you want. But if they're not, if they don't have their mind made up that they want to stop using, then they're not gonna stop. They'll lie to you and manipulate you as much as they can to get money out of you or whatever they need from you. But like I said, if they don't want to stop, they're just not gonna stop. And we just have to accept that fact and love them from a love them from afar or from a distance.

SPEAKER_00 11:14

Yeah, and his ass, he's he's been in jail for for since the start of May, I believe. Now, and I I actually funny thing about this, what made me say, well, we got to talk about this on the show for sure. I woke up to a DM on Instagram where Nene has gotten this booking. I guess it's at a pride event, co-hosted or sponsored by Raheem Shabazz. Um the porn, the porn nigga? Yes, the the adult film star. Um she is out there hosting with him, and somebody was like, Nene says, shit, my son in jail. I got to go make this quick pride bag. Okay.

SPEAKER_01 11:51

So she's gonna get him out now.

SPEAKER_00 11:54

What I she from again, you know, I I don't know. I don't know. I'm just going off of her passwords, you know. Well, it is her channel. When she says, you know, no, she's done helping him. I think this is the one she bought the house cash for. You know, she has done a lot for him. Yeah, yeah, yeah. She's the oldest of her two sons. And the other one, it's my understanding that he has been back in the hospital with his heart issues. So it is just, you know, all right, Nene, just keep the car on the road as much as you can and you know, send a good vibe your way.

SPEAKER_01 12:31

Well, well, wishes to her. Um I mean, happy Father's Day to him, even though he may or may not be a good one, but now, Rufus, we just gonna stay our ass in Atlanta.

SPEAKER_00 12:43

Now, a night out in Buckhead pretty much has turned into a nightmare for one man who says he was drugged and woke up without his $25,000 watch. And the victim says he was drugged, of course, while he was out in Buckhead, he was actually at the St. Regis. And this book he went to his his luxury apartment in Buckhead with two women who we can clearly see their face, but we cannot see his face. And um he woke up saying that he thought it, you know, that his watch was missing. And so police, um, Atlanta police have also said that this fits a pattern of similar incidents involving men being drugged and robbed. And so investigators are are possibly looking into this being an organized uh scheme. Now, you know, if we look at social media culture, I think it's kind of made it easier for people to be targeted by these criminals.

SPEAKER_01 13:39

Yeah, because they meet up on these apps, and then you go to somebody's houses you've you've never met before, and you don't know what's in their house. They might have a fucking, I don't know, uh, a MAC 10 in there, whatever the gun is. They they might do anything too because you don't know where you're going. You really don't know who you're meeting. So yeah, I mean there's a degree of danger in there. So you you know you have to be careful. Meet in the public place and then decide if you want to go back to their hotel or their apartment.

SPEAKER_00 14:03

I wonder what those women that we saw on the video, even I want to see who the man was. You know, my ass is like, why is his face covered up? Who is the man? So you know what to give it to me? Twitter will give it to me. So because you clearly see the women who are alleged to have done this in the video. He is, so I guess that's why they covered up his face, right? Probably. Okay. Gotcha, gotcha, gotcha. Woo! We'll stand in the theme of jail. Let's just tiptoe on over, you know, to your great state of Texas, and we'll kind of cover, we'll draw this in with our sports segment. Now, Rufus, Chief's receiver, Rashi Rice, is out of jail after serving 30 days in Dallas County for violating his probation with a positive THC test. Now, if you remember, yeah, yeah. He served 30 days in jail, and this probation stems from a 2024 high-speed street racing crash that he had there in Dallas.

SPEAKER_01 15:02

Oh, okay. But can you, just to go back up a little bit, can you tell me who he is? Because I'm not aware.

SPEAKER_00 15:07

Oh, Kansas City Chiefs, he's a wide receiver. Okay.

SPEAKER_01 15:11

I kind of remember this vaguely. Um did he kill somebody or something?

SPEAKER_00 15:16

Or some of the I think a lot of people were injured. I don't think anybody was killed. No, they were just injured when he crashed, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 15:21

Okay.

SPEAKER_00 15:22

Well, so he's missed out on money. So he missed, you know, all of his preseason workouts um because his ass was in jail. But they do expect him back uh for the actual training camp. So yeah.

SPEAKER_01 15:35

Which will be soon because it's what June. When does training uh training camp start in May?

SPEAKER_00 15:39

I think that started in May. So he missed all of that. He missed all of it in May. Okay.

SPEAKER_01 15:43

When does season start?

SPEAKER_00 15:44

Season's gonna start in August. Oh, well, okay.

SPEAKER_01 15:52

Oh my goodness.

SPEAKER_00 15:53

Okay, that's that's possible.

SPEAKER_01 15:57

Yeah, and eat baloney sandwiches.

SPEAKER_00 15:59

Oh my goodness, I hope he wasn't eating that. But you know, just looking at the video of him getting out, it was just kind of crazy because it was kind of cartoony because it was. I was like, who are these people following him? I didn't know that TMZ was even in Dallas, but you know, they put boots on the ground everywhere to make sure that they get the fucking story and they got it. And so for me, you know, I won't pull up Boosie. We are not talking about Boosie on today's episode. You know, we talk about these athletes being held to a higher standard because someone is watching, you know, and someone may aspire to be him. And so, you know, Rashi, get it the fuck together. Get it the fuck together. Now, let's take it on to the north. Let's take it on up to Michigan. Now, Rufus, former NFL star Andre Risen is back in the headlines after serving jail time. Yeah. Serving jail time in Michigan for all the second offense with a DUI conviction. Now, because it's his second offense, he's been he's had to serve five days and he received 18 months of probation and more than $2,300 in fines. And so, you know, if you think back, he was one of the top receivers in the 1990s and a Super Bowl champion. So, why do so many former athletes struggle with life after football?

SPEAKER_01 17:14

Because remember what we said about all these professional athletes need to have a financial planner, a counselor, a lawyer on their staff to make sure that because this is the thing. When you when you are young, you come to a large amount of money, like a I don't know, millions of dollars, and you've never had access to that, you don't know what the fuck to do with it. So when you make it all, you go buy all the dump shit that you ever wanted, six mansions and 12,000, 24 fucking Rolls Royces, and then you got your whole family on your payroll, and then you gotta buy Gucci and Pride and Chanel and Louis Vuitton. By the time the fucking career is over with, you ain't got no money because you spent it all on dump shit. You can't, you spent the the you don't have any income coming in. You spent all this money on these housing cars, you gotta pay taxes and mortgages on them. So it just if there's no money coming in, you can't be spending money like you're a fucking, like, like you're a uh a man or something. You know what I'm saying? It doesn't make sense. So you need financial planners, like we said, financial planners and lawyers and counselors, and these people who's early on in their career to teach them how to manage this money after they come into it.

SPEAKER_00 18:14

Absolutely, absolutely. Now, speaking about the money, now Rufus Dolphins cornerback, Daryl Baker Jr., he got social media talking this week after he revealed Yeah, he came forward with saying he only made about $5,500 a week on the NFL practice squad, saying that everybody thinks we're rich. Now, he pretty much said that he earned approximately $22,000 per month on the practice squad. Um, and and social media pretty much is pushed back saying, you know, that's still a lot of money, but he pointed out the huge difference between superstar salaries and fringe NFL players. And he says, you know, practice squad players have very little job security. And I know last week we talked about Drew Sador pulling in $2,600, $26,000 a month.

SPEAKER_01 18:58

Yeah, my question.

SPEAKER_00 18:59

People are in favor of him saying, well, oh no, that's a lot of money. Similar to the story with um, oh gosh, uh, Drake's baby mama. Odell Beckham Jr., yeah, when he said that the $100 million was not as much. And so, you know, um, is $22,000 a month rich or people confusing high income with long-term wealth?

SPEAKER_01 19:23

This is what I think. I think society in general thinks that when they see you on TV all the time, you're making massive amounts of money. And they deem that what did she make $26,000 a month?

SPEAKER_00 19:33

She was making $26,000. Yeah, per episode, not per month. You're right, you're right.

SPEAKER_01 19:37

They think that that's not enough for her to be on TV. And since people, maybe a lot of people don't watch sports or they don't see this guy. He makes oh, he's a practice buyer, so they don't practice spot, so they don't see him that much. And he makes just about the same amount, but it's a lot for him. So I think there's a miss a miss uh like a missing link there, because yeah. 22 to for me, $22,000 a month, baby. I'll be glad to receive that. $58,000, $5,800 a week? $55,000. I'm glad I gladly take it. That's that's that's probably double what I make. So I'll take it.

SPEAKER_00 20:08

Yeah, now one person who did get it right, Chad Ochocinko, showed back up in the news cycle and not for their their infamous show. Um, he said he saved 83% of his $43 million that he made in the NFL because he flew spirit airlines, he wore fake jewelry, as well as he lived below his means. Now, he says he saved about $35.7 million because he chose not to buy expensive jewelry and live lavishly like everybody else, right? Um and he he said he believes that too many athletes kind of go broke because they're trying to impress people, and and you know, so it's what you just said about being on TV, you know, is looking rich preventing people from actually becoming wealthy. Yes. All right, that makes sense.

SPEAKER_01 20:53

Uh if I was if I was put in that position to be in a sports league, I would be just like I wouldn't necessarily fly spear, but I would have been doing the same thing as as Mr. Chad Otosico, because if you come to that that much money in your lifetime, there's no reason for you to be broke later on, in my opinion.

SPEAKER_00 21:10

Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely. Now, someone who may not be broke, but their ass might be broken. Now, Rufus, I looked at this some time ago, and this story just keeps getting more troubling. So, former NFL player Michael Pinno Jr., he denied knowing a woman whose remains were found on a property that he once owned. Yeah. But now witnesses say that the two had an ongoing relationship. Now, the woman's remains were discovered on a property that he previously owned in the Dominican Republic. Of course, he said he didn't know this lady, and pretty much witnesses have told investigators that they did have an ongoing relationship. Now, while he has not been charged for a crime, he has been named as a person of interest in this homicide investigation. So, if you know, if the witnesses are telling the truth, why even? Deny knowing this woman.

SPEAKER_01 22:03

He wants to uh make it seem like he's not guilty.

SPEAKER_00 22:07

It's kind of like the past coming back to hunt you too, like literally in this sense, right? Yeah, that's pretty weird. Yeah, that's different. Woo! Part ways, part ways, part ways, part ways. And as we wrap up today's episode, you know, I saw this story and the headlines kept saying 10 weeks without sex, 10 weeks without sex. Now and Jordan Woods, Jordan Woods. So congratulations to the New York Gigs, Knicks, excuse me.

SPEAKER_01 22:34

Oh yeah, congrats to the Knicks.

SPEAKER_00 22:35

Yeah, for winning the 2026 NBA championship. And I think you had told me earlier, Rufus, that this was the was it the first time in 53 years, right?

SPEAKER_01 22:43

53 years, yes.

SPEAKER_00 22:44

Yeah, first time in 53 years. So I just remember that viral video of the Knicks fan. She climbed on the the light post and somehow on her way down. I don't know if, you know, the other lady was talking trash to her, but she tossed her to the ground. It was a black lady that tossed this little white lady to the ground. And the white lady pulls down the black lady's, you know, basketball shorts, and you see this orange thong, and she's pulling on a thong, slapping the lady on the ass. Like this is just crazy. But it was a lot going on. So again, congratulations, Carl Anthony Town. Now, he says that Jordan Woods has agreed to no sex for 10 weeks during the Knicks playoff run-off run because according to him, the Knicks owner, James Dolan, wanted the team to be completely focused. Now, we've heard stories about this. Like if you play an NFL, you have to cut your sex off by Wednesday, you know, to get prepared for a Sunday's game. And so, you know, while this is no indication of an official Knicks policy, you know, the come coming pretty much did go viral. You know, so Rufus, now, would you give up sex for 10 weeks if it meant your team had a legitimate shot at winning a championship?

SPEAKER_01 23:52

If I was an athlete, yes, and I they do that because I think your body holds on to all that testosterone and shit. You kind of need that for the sport of any sport, really, but I would say more so football, because football is very physical, right? So yeah, but this is basketball.

SPEAKER_00 24:06

But football, yeah, football, yeah, but definitely basketball.

SPEAKER_01 24:09

I don't know the sports, things. No, it's cool.

SPEAKER_00 24:11

I did mention football, yeah. By Wednesday, no more sex, you out. I forgot we were talking about the next one. You get them three days.

SPEAKER_01 24:16

I forgot we were talking about the next. But yeah, I absolutely wouldn't, because you need that that's testosterone to, you know, you need to be aggressive whenever you're playing sports and competitive. So I would yeah, I would do that, yeah, for sure. Yeah, it makes sense.

SPEAKER_00 24:28

I think it gives you a competitive edge, probably. Absolutely. So that I hate that that was a headline, but I kept seeing, I was like, ten weeks without sex. So that's where it came from, everybody.

SPEAKER_01 24:38

He's engaged to who was his uh who was this lady?

SPEAKER_00 24:41

Jordan Woods. So if you remember, she um somehow, if you think back, so she was tied to Hollywood. I think they were tied to the Smith family. Um, I don't know if her dad was a director or something. They were tied to Will Smith, yeah, and Jada. They, you know, yeah, so they're familiar with her. But she um as an adult, um, she was more known for being Kylie Jenner's best friend.

SPEAKER_01 25:02

And then they felt they said she fucked over.

SPEAKER_00 25:06

Yeah, supposedly she kissed Tristan in a party, and you know, it went sometimes. She put distance in between herself and Jada saved her with the red table talk and and the viral clip. I actually bought the t-shirt. What did it say? I don't want your situation. I don't need your situation. That was the viral quote. It's the I don't want to, I don't need. We'll have it by next episode. But nonetheless, she said it's been 15 years ago. Oh, that had to be a while ago. You're right. Yeah, but she's moved on. I remember it vaguely. Yeah, yeah. She's moved on, and and that's gonna be there. We go. We'll see you all next week. So thank you to CR Tech Services LLC as well as Amichi Builders LLC. And Rufus today has proved once again that money, fame, and success don't exempt anybody. Don't exempt. Now I sound like I'm from Mississippi, but does it exempt anyone from life's problems? And whether it's jail, relationships, finances, or personal decisions, everybody has a story behind the headline. So thank you to our listeners in South Africa. Thank you to those of you um who are localized here in the United States. We appreciate you, and we'll see you all next week.

SPEAKER_01 26:10

And I'll say it again Happy Father's Day.

SPEAKER_00 26:12

Happy Father's Day. Bye.