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Chris Johnson, one of just seven players in NFL history to gain over 2,000 yards rushing in a single season, has been accused of funding a murder-for-hire plot that left two men dead in 2016, according to court documents obtained by TMZ Sports.
It is alleged that Johnson paid the hit men in retaliation for a 2015 shooting in which Johnson was shot in the shoulder during a drive by shooting in Florida, killing one of Johnson’s friends.
Following the shooting, Johnson appeared in a photo posted by rapper Kenny Turner, AKA JuicedUpKT, with the caption, “I HEARD YOU PUSSIES LOOKIN 4 me!!!!! WE GOT something in common….fuck YA!!!! #juice.”
Chris Johnson — 1st Pic After Being Shot … With Warning to Gunman http://t.co/AVVPuxynUg pic.twitter.com/Ogq0XmDpca
— Los Angeles News Now (@lanewsnow) March 13, 2015
Johnson has yet to be actually charged with a crime, and denies the allegations, but according to TMZ Sports, authorities say “intelligence gathered suggested [the shooting] was a gang related murder attempt on Chris Johnson.”
Officials also say … months later, a noted Florida gang member named Dominic Bolden shot and killed two men — one on Jan. 19, 2016 and one on July 24, 2016 — who were believed to be the shooters in the March 2015 incident.
In the court docs, officials claim an informant told them as a reward for Bolden’s alleged actions … Chris helped the guy become a leader of a famed drug trafficking organization (DTO) in Florida.
The informant told officials that Johnson supplied Bolden “with funds and an individual who could continually supply Dominic Bolden with as much narcotics as needed to supply the DTO.”
The informant also told officials the “murder for hire elevated Dominic Bolden’s rank, reputation and power within the DTO” — eventually making Bolden the org’s de facto leader.
A representative for Johnson says, “There’s no validity to any of these accusations.”