The tattoo-covered basketball player — whose team won the 2013 NBA Championship — will not be charged in the probe, which found a woman from Canada used his identity to commit crimes online. Shelly Lynn Chartier, 29, of Easterville, Manitoba, faces multiple charges.
The Birdman is finally free.
Miami Heat forward Chris (Birdman) Andersen will not be charged in a child pornography investigation after authorities revealed the hoops star was the latest victim of a complex Internet hoax, his attorney said.
Andersen, 35 — whose team seized the 2013 NBA Championship — became the target of the probe last year, when a Canadian woman allegedly posed as the then-Denver Nuggets player in a bizarre double catfishing scheme, said the lawyer, Mark Bryant.
Authorities said 29-year-old Shelly Lynn Chartier, of Easterville, Manitoba, posed as Andersen to communicate with underage girls and also pretended to be other people to talk to the tattoo-covered basketball player.
“Chris was a victim,” said Bryant, who also revealed that at least a dozen others across several states fell victim to Chartier’s plot.
“Based on the information that we have been able to obtain and analyze, we are not pursuing charges against Chris Andersen,” said Lisa Pinto, a spokeswoman for the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office. ..continued.. by Joe Kemp / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
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