Thursday, August 23rd, 2012 at 2:18 pm  |  105 responses

Top Recruit Collapses After Receiving Three-Year Prison Sentence (VIDEO)

An emotional video has made rounds today involving a top ranked player from Ohio. Tony Farmer, a 6-7 power forward of Garfield Heights who had offers from the likes of Illinois, DePaul, Penn State and Xavier, collapses to the floor after hearing the judge sentence him to three-years in prison–possibly ending his collegiate basketball career hopes. From Yahoo! Sports: “Instead of sifting through scholarship offers, selecting a school and launching his college basketball career as he originally planned, an Ohio high school standout will have to put his dreams on hold. Tony Farmer, an 18-year-old senior at Garfield Heights High School, received a three-year prison sentence on Tuesday as a result of pleading guilty to kidnapping, felonious assault and other crimes. The 6-foot-7 forward had been hoping to receive probation after teachers, coaches and family members testified on his behalf. When he learned he’d be going to prison as the judge read his sentence, he crumpled into the arms of a sheriff’s deputy and collapsed to the ground in anguish. In an odd twist, among those in the gallery sobbing in reaction to the judge’s decision was the victim herself, Farmer’s ex-girlfriend Andrea Lane. Even though the two remain separated since Farmer attacked Lane last April after she didn’t want to reconcile their relationship, Lane had previously asked Judge Pamela Barker not to put Farmer in prison.”

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  • LA Huey

    “Do the crime, eat the lime”

  • http://www.soundcloud.com/tray-5 T-Ray

    I’d collapse too if I just f*cked my life away.

  • RunNGun

    You do the crime. You do the time. No ands, ifs, or buts about it. Funny how the victim comes to the protection of the perpetrator.

  • Sean B

    Damn hard to offer a defense for the kid when you read charges such as “kidnapping, felonious assault etc”… it’s not as if he was just dime bags of weed or something.

  • http://thahiphopcorner.com Kevin

    Still not sure how this story got so big. It’s not like this dude is going to jail for something he didnt do. Dude got hit with multiple felonies for kidnapping and assault. You dont put yourself in situations like that. Sad story but he should’ve knew better

  • http://slamonline.com LakeShow

    Don’t kidnap people and assault people kiddies.
    Prison is no joke.
    Once spent 2 days in a jail cell for drinking alcohol in a park and having a pipe in my pocket for illicit marijuana usage…
    Needless to say. Terrible 48 hours. Jail/prison sucks. You have to just sit there and run around in your brain all day. With nothing to stimulate yourself except some crappy old books.

  • MUBWAR

    this was soo hilarious when I saw it on cnn. kidnapping? robbery? shoulda waited a couple years to count that cheddar.

  • http://www.slamonline.com nbk troll

    What a shame. Not fair even the VICTIM asked not to give him jail time. Somebody trying to make an Example out of him. I hope he can get himself together after all of this.

  • RunNGun

    Don’t drop the soap!

  • http://Roosterteeth.com Caboose

    He broke the law. A lot. He goes to prison. A lot. Pretty straightforward.

  • Da-Meat-Meat

    Prison offers 3 square meals a day, room and board, free education, access to exercise facilities . . . judging from some comments made 2 days ago, these luxuries are offered to athletes on scholarship and should be more than enough to keep them happy. Right??

  • http://thahiphopcorner.com Kevin

    I know good and damn well you didnt compare doing a prison bid to playing college basketball.

  • Jerome

    Going to prison is probably the worst thing for this kid, but it’s not like being 21 and entering college is terrible. Hope he begins a degree while doing time.

  • http://www.slamonline.com nbk troll

    Dumb @ss comparison. Go buy a camouflage raptors jersey(really exist)!

  • http://Roosterteeth.com Caboose

    C’mon guys, he was using satire.

  • LA Huey

    There are no cute co-eds in prison…or XBOX/PS3. HUGE DIFFERENCE.

  • http://slamonline.com nbk

    who cares if the girl asked for him not to go to prison. He should not have put his hands on her. Just because she forgave him doesn’t mean he should go unpunished. (Not saying 3 years is necessarily appropriate).

  • http://cnbc.com JTaylor21

    Women have and always will be the downfall of men.

  • http://www.slamonline.com nbk troll

    A fine and probation @ best If the victim is saying no jail time. If the victim is not trippin why the fu*k are you.

  • http://slamonline.com nbk

    because if he goes unpunished then he is likely to do it again, to some other female. if it was your daughter or sister you’d understand.

  • MUBWAR

    troll is a 12 year old single child so NO NBK he won’t understand.

  • Da-Meat-Meat

    At least Caboose gets it. @ Kevin and nbk troll, not everything you read should be taken so literal. Trying to blast a comment that goes over your head is a bad look.

  • Feez_22

    this kid fainted because the judge read out 7 yrs. sucks 4 the kid but hey… don’t kidnap anyone. also, you’re 18. why the hell do you need to be hung up on ex girlfriends if you are an 18 yr old 3-4 star recruit? couldn’t wait for college girls? well… have fun being the b#### of grown men for a few yrs.

  • http://www.slamonline.com nbk troll

    I have a daughter! and if it were her I would be so relived she was still with me, and i would be upset too, but if she felt he shouldnt be behind bars, then free he his. just Slide me some of that NBA Paper and dont ever let me catch you around her again and we good.

  • http://slamonline.com Allenp

    I could be so cavalier about “Do the crime do the time” if I didn’t see people do the crime and not do the crime all the time.
    He earned his punishment, but that doesn’t mean I don’t understand that things rarely are so simple.

  • http://www.slamonline.com Zucotti Manicotti

    If you knew rule number one……………..
    …….
    ……
    Word to Pimp C

  • Da-Meat-Hook

    @ nbk troll, that’s the DUMBEST reasoning I’ve ever heard. Do you have any idea what % of battered women blame themselves?! If your daughter got kidnapped and beaten, you’d be good with some paper and your daughter’s forgiveness?!

  • http://thahiphopcorner.com Kevin

    I knew you werent actually trying to compare the two. I just like starting s**t that’s all. Dont mind me

  • Jamski

    JTaylor21 hit it on the head. Just ask Magic, Kobe, Tiger, Favre, Trump, Gibson, Bieber etc.

  • cbb_fanatic

    It’s completely sickening to believe that people feel sorry for this guy after everything he put this girl through. If people knew the backstory and the video of him beating her in her apartment lodge was circulated the way his court tape is, then people would save their sorrow, prayers, and tears for this boy. This is NOT an isolated incident. He had assaulted her BEFORE and that’s why she broke it off with him (the right move but apparently not enough). Then he went to her apartment to “reconcile” and ends up kicking the crap out of her AGAIN, except this time it happened in a public area on CAMERA. Then after he was arrested he still continued to call and text her threatening messages. All this leaves is evidence that if he wasn’t caught, he would continue to do it again.

  • Jamski

    Being put behind bars for assault myself, I truly feel for this kid. Did time because my girl called the cops on me only for her to tell me years later that I never actually laid a hand on her. And because I was drunk at the time of the incident, I stood no chance. Nobody here knows the facts, so rather than judging, hope this kid turns it around and makes something positive of his life. Too many people get their kicks from seeing others falter, especially when their futures are brighter than yours

  • Jamski

    Nvm, I guess cbb_fanatic has the inside stuff

  • Jamski

    And the cop smiling and laughing is the icing on the cake. The entire system is a joke

  • cbb_fanatic

    I think the young lady needs counseling. She seems like she feels guilty even though HE is the one beating HER. So often, the victims blame themselves and that’s the REAL heart-breaking thing about this case. All these idiots coming to his defense because he was a highly-touted recruit with many scholarship offers…so I guess her life doesn’t have any relevance. And his recruiting status gives him the right to treat people any way he chooses. Or maybe we should have waited until he put her in a wheelchair or even in a coffin, and THEN it would be “serious”. I’m shocked that this boy REALLY thought he was only going to get a slap on the wrist! I applaud the judge for setting an example and letting everyone know that no matter how many times a woman goes through this, it is still a heinous and serious offense. But chances are he won’t spend the full 3 years behind walls.

  • http://www.slamonline.com nbk troll

    No I would be pissed off too. My point is though if my daughter was ok with letting him walk free and forgiving him. I would have to forgive him too. People make mistakes everyday. And this sounds like a civil court matter more than a criminal court. so yeah give me some bread and stay away from my child so it cant happen again. Now on the flip i would feel horrible if like years later he ended up hurting somebody else daughter.

  • http://www.slamonline.com nbk

    How does kidnapping and assault sound like a civil court matter? Wth are you talking about? Did you read the charges wrong?

  • bike

    There is video evidence of him beating the sh*t out of her. He’s young so there is hope he can turn it around. It’s just hard being big, dumb, and violent.

  • http://www.soundcloud.com/tray-5 T-Ray

    Three years is a bit much but those charges scream prison time so regardless he is where he belongs. Those who are highlighting the girl for standing up for him you have to understand their is an emotional tie there. She probably still loves him and let her emotions take hold of her logical decision making. Emotions can be dangerous and powerful.

  • marc

    I know he did the crime but this is still hard to watch. He’s still a young kid that did something completely stupid. such a shame.

  • http://www.slamonline.com nbk troll

    nbk maybe im off base a bit with which court or whatever. I mean this guy is not the a danger to random civilians like a robber or a rapist can be. he is a danger to one girl. and if they made peace move on. even give him a slap on the wrist but if she is able to move past it what gives anybody else the right to say different.

  • http://Slamonline.com Jzakoni

    Man, this stuff happens all the time. Bball star or not, still wrong. Hope he can keep his mind sane in there

  • Da-Meat-Hook

    I dunno. For me, spray painting and underage drinking are things we do as young punks. Beating the snot out of a girl on numerous occasions shouldn’t get that same pass.

  • http://slamonline.com Datkid

    i wanna feel sorry for this guy… I REALLY do. but kidnapping?? WTF..I don’t know all the facts but if he actually beat her then kidnapped her, then this is just what happens, although i’m pretty sure other people have gotten off easier.

  • http://slamonline marquis

    white people

  • bmorezbest

    sometimes the charges don’t match what really happened with that but he had a lawyer and still got three years he had to have a prior record

  • James aka…

    Because domestic violence victims, as has been mentioned, often protect their abusers, its up to society to ensure that they receive a just punishment. Civil courts are where lawsuits happen. She’s not suing him, he’s been charged with violating criminal which means jail time.

    Now to the last bizarre comment from nbk troll: By what standard should he go free on an assault? Most murderers target their victims, and don’t kill at random for example. By your reasoning perhaps they should be let free if the victims family forgives. If someone hurts another human being and its a deliberate act, as this was, they need to be in prison. hopefully he doesn’t become worse in prison, since we have a habit of not rehabing people properly in north america. But the idea that the victim says let him go being a standard of justice is perhaps the stupidest thing uttered by a human being on this website.

  • cbb_fanatic

    @nbk troll—Maybe some man should drag your mother/sister/daughter by the hair and punch her in the head while she’s in a corner trying to defend the blows and then after he gets arrested still call/text her and threaten to do something even worse to her. Then tell me if you still think he deserves a slap on the wrist. But if what I have read in your comments are your true and honest feelings on this matter, you don’t have any value for your daughter’s life and you will be satisfied with some type of financial payment, even if it leaves your girl in a wheelchair or dead. SMH. Poor Girl!!!

  • James aka…

    The worst thing here though is we watch the video and feel empathy for him, even though his reaction shows he is not even close to reconciling what he did was wrong and harmful. His sadness is self focused, his life has been altered. She was terrorized by this person, and in spite of her illogical but hardly rare emotional defense of him, that fact remains. It is hopeful that any criminal will see the light after incarceration, and I hope thats true of him, but anyone lamenting him instead of her needs to not bread. And the idea that a woman is the downfal of others sounds right at home in Taliban run afghanistan, not 21st century america.

  • AiRsMiTh

    Not trying to ruffle any feathers, but I just can’t fathom the absurdity of some of these comments… “Women have and always will be the downfall of men”… and other comments might not sound so bad if they were reworded, but I’m getting the impression that some people can’t accept or understand the nature of crime. I think most crimes are tragic, both for the victim and the perpetrator, but some people would really be ok with him serving no time? I mean, he was RESPONSIBLE for committing not one, but two felonies (do I have that right?)! I feel bad for him, I truly do, because I doubt most people truly realize the implications of their actions, especially an 18 year old kid, but some form of justice had to be served. Hope he can keep his head down and get through his sentence, so one day he may be able to put his life back together.

  • http://slamonline.com nbk

    troll, bruh, i understand that three years is probably excessive. But he HAS to be punished for this. No reason that he should think kidnapping someone is just a slap on the wrist. If he kidnapped my daughter or sister, i have no idea what i would personally do, but i guarantee if he didn’t get jail time at all i would take matters into my own hands just to make sure he learned his lesson. Especially if my family member is still somehow involved or whatever with that person. Regardless, he has to get punished. I don’t give a sh*t about getting any money out of him when he’s a pro if he doesn’t, the idea that he hasn’t learned from his mistake and can repeat it or even do it worse next time, is totally not acceptable to me.

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