Arizona Wildcats assistant coach Book Richardson indicted in federal bribery, corruption

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NEW YORK — A federal grand jury in New York City has returned indictments against four assistant college basketball coaches charged in a bribery scheme, including longtime Arizona Wildcats assistant Emanuel “Book” Richardson.

The grand jury returned the indictments Tuesday against eight of 10 men arrested in September.

Richardson is facing charges of conspiracy to commit bribery, solicitation of bribes by an agent of a federally funded organization, conspiracy to commit honest services fraud, wire fraud conspiracy and travel act conspiracy. If convicted, Sean Miller’s longest-tenured assistant could serve as long as 60 years in prison and pay up to $1.5 million in fines.

Arizona's two remaining recruits also announced today that they will not be signing in the early period with Arizona and may not sign with anyone until next fall after they see what happens with the FBI investigation and whether Sean Miller will be fired or not.
FBI probe could leave Sean Miller, Arizona Wildcats waiting during early signing period

And the Wildcats’ two remaining commitments, Shareef O’Neal and Brandon Williams, may not sign until the spring signing period because of questions surrounding the investigation.

Efforts to reach O’Neal were unsuccessful. Chris Wright, Williams’ father, said his son was “99 percent” likely to wait until the spring.

If Sean Miller gets through this investigation, there’s a good chance he’ll sign.”