Sebastian Telfair Denies Capping Fabolous; Police Still Investigating
October 23rd, 2006 by Michael Stephens
Rumors are circulating that the robbery of Celtics guard Sebastian Telfair (right) and the shooting of rapper Fabolous may be linked.
Friends of Fabolous were recently caught on camera snatching a $64,000 chain off the neck of Telfair in New York.
Twenty minutes later, the same tape shows an individual who allegedly shot Fabolous fleeing in a gray car.
The video shows one of Fab’s boys approaching Telfair outside Sean (Diddy) Combs’ W. 21st St. restaurant early Tuesday morning. One man can be seen grabbing the chain from Telfair’s neck while another keeps watch. After the robbery, the thieves ducked into Diddy’s restaurant, Justin’s.
Upon tailing the suspects into the restaurant, Sebastian saw them laughing with members of Fabolous’ crew, the Street Family. Telfair then made a call from his cell phone.
Then, 23 minutes later, a camera outside the restaurant captured the gunman who shot Fabolous in a nearby parking lot driving off. The rapper was not believed to be the target, authorities believe. Not that they necessarily know much when a bunch of thugs start capping each other.
Nonetheless, despite the circumstantial evidence and the fact that Celtics coach Doc Rivers suspiciously lied about Telfair’s whereabouts after the point guard left the Celtics-Knicks preseason game at halftime (!?) to try and pick the perpetrator out of a police lineup, his lawyer insists he is innocent and will be absolved of any wrongdoing.
“The [security] tape completely supports everything my client said happened that night,” Ed Hayes, Telfair’s lawyer, said. “He’s a lovely young man. It was outrageous what these punks did, and he will press charges.”
Hayes said the Celtics star merely called a family member and has shared all the cell phone numbers he called with police.
Tuesday, Sebastian went to the precinct and looked at lineups full of suspects that included members of Fab’s crew. He was not being able to pick out his attackers. He will return to the station later this week to look at images pulled off the security tapes.
Over the weekend, Telfair reiterated that he is not involved in the shooting of the rapper otherwise known as Skylar John Jackson (left).
“I wasn’t being investigated for any shooting,” Telfair told reporters on Friday at the Celtics’ practice facility in Waltham, Mass. “My necklace was snatched from my neck.”
“I was in an unfortunate situation, if you want to say I’m a bad person because I was out with my fiancee, then that’s what it is. I know who I am, my teammates and this organization know who I am,” he added.
New York police say Telfair is still being investigated. Rivers said he is getting a bad rap.
“He didn’t do anything. His name is in a bad circle. The same thing could happen to you or me,” Rivers said. “I don’t know how you stay out of this. I mean, he should be able to go to dinner. Sebastian’s character will show he’s a good guy.”
Last February, the Portland Jail Blazers, who traded Telfair this offseason, fined him after a loaded gun was found on the team’s private jet at Boston’s Logan Airport.
