Sebastian Telfair Pleads For Donald Trump Pardon Hours Before Reporting To Prison

Sebastian Telfair tells TMZ Sports he needs Donald Trump to assist him keep away from a prolonged keep behind bars this yr.

The former NBA star is scheduled to report back to prison on Tuesday … after he violated the circumstances of his supervised launch in his healthcare fraud case — however he is hoping No. 45/47 can get him out of it.

Telfair mentioned he believes the entire state of affairs is “definitely some bulls***” … and he is assured if POTUS hears his story, he can keep away from the six-month prison sentence he is about to start serving in a matter of hours.

“Trump,” he instructed us out in New York City on Monday, “go check in on my story and you’re definitely going to want to pardon me. You’ll hold me accountable and want me to continue to go do good. But I did too good to being sending anybody to jail.”

Telfair was certainly one of a number of former NBA gamers — together with Glen “Big Baby” Davis — who have been accused of working a scheme that swindled a great deal of money out of the Association’s healthcare plan.

He was at first sentenced to time served plus three years of supervised launch — however he was re-sentenced this summer season to 6 months in prison after he allegedly did not fulfill the phrases of his launch.

Telfair instructed us the entire matter surrounded a problem with “paperwork,” and he is clearly upset over it.

“It’s super unfair,” he mentioned.

But if Trump is unable to come back via with the pardon, Telfair insisted to his household, pals and followers he will spend the time behind bars enhancing himself … and dealing on his e-book.

“I’m definitely mad I put myself in this situation,” he mentioned. “But we definitely have got some wins coming.”