Sebastian Telfair's Sister Arrested by FBI After Making Frightening Threats to His Estranged Wife
By Michael Luciano
Apparently legal troubles run in the Telfair family.
Octavia Telfair, the sister of former former 10-year NBA veteran Sebastian Telfair, was arrested after making violent threats to Telfair's estranged wife Samantha. The threats stemmed from Samantha testifying against Telfair when the former point guard was charged with unlawfully possessing a firearm.
Sebastian Telfair's Sister Arrested by FBI for Threatening NBA Star's Estranged Wife https://t.co/cqyHZpyVcG
— TMZ (@TMZ) May 20, 2019
Since Octavia lives in New York and Samantha lives in LA, it was the FBI who ultimately made the arrests, despite the fact the NYPD and LAPD were doing the investigating.
Octavia allegedly made over 50 phone calls to Samantha after the latter testified. As for Sebastian, he's looking at 15 years in prison after police found handguns, bulletproof vests, ammunition, marijuana, and a semi-automatic in his car during a traffic stop.
Octavia Telfair, sister of former NBA player Sebastian Telfair, has been arrested for allegedly threatening a witness who had testified at her brother's trial last month.
— Aaron Katersky (@AaronKatersky) May 20, 2019
A former high school prodigy who was selected in the first round of the 2004 NBA Draft by the Portland Trail Blazers, Telfair bounced around the NBA, playing for eight teams in 10 years. His best season came with the Minnesota Timberwolves in 2007, during which he averaged 9.3 points and 5.9 assists per game.
Hectic times in the Telfair house.