Former NFL Player LeShon Johnson Sentenced to Five Years for Dog-Fighting Operation
Former NFL running back LeShon Johnson has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for his involvement in a large-scale dog-fighting operation. Johnson, who played one season with the Giants, was convicted last year on six charges related to dogfighting, including violating the federal Animal Welfare Act's prohibitions against possessing, selling, transporting, and delivering animals for fighting ventures. In addition to the prison sentence, he will serve three years of supervised release and pay a $30,000 fine. Authorities seized 190 dogs from Johnson's property, which the Justice Department described as the largest seizure of its kind in a federal dogfighting case. Prosecutors stated that Johnson had been running a 'major operation' since at least 2007, breeding and selling fighting dogs for profit under the name Mal Kant Kennels in Oklahoma. He reportedly marketed and sold stud rights and offspring from winning fighting dogs to other dog fighters to incorporate the 'Mal Kant Kennels bloodline' in...
