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An Oklahoma judge ordered the Kansas City Chiefs superfan known as “Chiefsaholic” to pay $10.8 million in damages to a former Oklahoma bank teller he threatened with a gun in December 2022 during a string of robberies, according to Tulsa County (Okla.) District Court records.
On April 3, District Judge Tracy L. Priddy ordered Xaviar Babudar to pay Payton Garcia $7.2 million for punitive damages and $3.6 million for inflicting physical harm and emotional distress, according to a journal entry of judgment in the civil case.
Babudar, 29, reached a federal plea agreement in February after admitting he committed robberies across seven states in 2022 and 2023. Babudar stole more than $800,000 and then laundered the money in casinos. Babudar, 29, is subject to a sentence of up to 50 years in prison without parole. Sentencing is set for July 10.
Teresa Moore, the U.S. attorney for the Western District of Missouri, said in a statement following Babudar’s guilty plea that his “violent crime spree” had “traumatized bank employees.”
Babudar became famous by wearing a gray wolf suit to Chiefs games and was often seen on broadcasts.
Garcia’s attorney, Frank Frasier, told ESPN he realizes collecting the money will be a long shot.
“He’ll never be able to profit from this. Say he writes a book in prison, say he does the Lifetime or Hallmark movie … anything he obtains from that will be paid to his creditors,” Frasier said. “The second part overall is this: The judge sent a message that you cannot profit from crime. You cannot profit by greater notoriety, you cannot profit from clicks, getting more views, getting more likes.”
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