Xaviar Babudar, otherwise known as “ChiefsAholic,” is going away for a while.
Babudar was sentenced to 17 ½ years in prison without parole on Thursday, hours before his favorite team kicks off the 2024 NFL season, for a series of bank robberies across seven states from 2022-23.
He will be required to pay $532,455 for his crimes.
Babudar was also ordered to forfeit an autographed painting of Patrick Mahomes that he purchased at a charity auction.
In April, Babudar was ordered by a judge to pay $10.8 million to Bixby, Okla. bank teller he threatened with a gun during a robbery in December 2022.
Known for wearing a grey wolf suit at Chiefs games and a popular social media presence, Babudar pleaded guilty to money laundering, transporting stolen property across state lines and bank robbery of more than $800,000 in February.
The Kansas City superfan was arrested in December 2022 and released on bond in February 2023.
Soon after his release, Babudar took his ankle monitor off and went on the run for about four months before being apprehended by the FBI in California in July 2023.
ESPN reported that Babudar’s attorney, Matthew Merryman, argued that a gambling addiction pressed him to commit the robberies, which was a notion that prosecutor Patrick D. Daly scoffed at.
“It’s not an addiction to gambling. It’s not an addiction to the Chiefs,” Daly said. “It’s an addiction to fame.”
Merryman was seeking a 10-year sentence for Babudar.
“Due to his quasi-celebrity status, Xaviar is in a unique position to potentially repay the financial losses created by his actions,” Merryman wrote in the court filing, per ESPN.
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