SAN DIEGO (KUSI) A 51-year-old enforcer who beat up a man with gambling debts in front of his son was sentenced in San Diego to two years in federal prison for his involvement in the violent gambling and drug-trafficking organization run by former USC walk-on football player Owen Hanson.
Jack Rissell pleaded guilty to extortion last December, admitting in a plea agreement that he assaulted his victim on the orders of Hanson, a walk-on tight end on the Trojans’ national championship-winning 2004 football team.
According to a plea agreement, Hanson hired Rissell to travel from California to Minnesota to collect a gambling debt, and the agreement included a bonus — known as a “contact fee” — for assaulting the victim. Once Rissell fou…
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