Twenty-five-year-old Sidney Bouvier Gilstrap-Portley was arrested on Friday after he allegedly posed as a high school student so he could play basketball.
Gilstrap-Portley, who claimed to be a Hurricane Harvey refugee, enrolled as Rashun Richardson at Skyline (TX) High in 2017.
Here's everything we know so far about a 25yo man who posed as a high school freshman for almost an entire school year in order to play basketball, according to Dallas ISD officials @dallasnews https://t.co/LmVnEb3NFL
— claire ballor (@claireballor) May 16, 2018
In October, Gilstrap-Portley transferred to Hillcrest (TX) High and joined the basketball team. Following the 2017-18 season, high school coaches voted him the District 11-5A offensive player of the year.
Police are also investigating allegations that Gilstrap-Portley had a relationship with a 14-year-old student while enrolled at Hillcrest.
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