Roscoe Tanner Extradited to Florida

Roscoe Tanner was extradited from Knox County, TN to Florida for violation of the terms of his probation over the weekend. His mug shot is posted at: http://espn-i.starwave.com/media/apphoto/TP10111141819.jpg

When Tanner is able to satisfy the Florida authorities regarding their concerns, he will then be sent to the state of California to face contempt of court charges there regarding failure and refusal to appear in court there on failure to pay child support charges.

In the five months Tanner has been refusing to appear on the child support matter, as ordered, or to pay the amount the court ordered periodically, he earned tens of thousands of dollars from teaching tennis at classes and clinics in Europe and various states in the US. He also spent thousands of dollars, some borrowed, gambling and paying on a past due boat purchase obligation instead of paying the court ordered child support payments.

Tanner will be scheduled to appear in court on the Florida charges to answer why he refused for the past year and a half to meet with his probation officer or notify him of his current employment and residence situations. He is expected to address these issues so that he can be released to address the California warrants at the earliest possible time.

Roscoe Tanner Assigned New Extradition Hearing Date

Roscoe Tanner requested and received authorization from the court for a delay of his extradition hearing from October 24 to November 14 to allow his attorney an opportunity to raise the funds to communicate with Roscoe's victims and with the district attorney's who have extradition requests pending, toward a settlement of the outstanding charges against him.

Payment of $25,000 has already been made to one of the victims of his fraud in Florida in exchange for a signed settlement agreement. Negotiations are supposedly underway with California plaintiffs and district attorneys in both Florida and California.

Isn't is curious how a man who has been unable to pay court ordered child support obligations for such a long period of time, somehow is able to come up with $25,000.00 cash to pay past due obligations on a boat deal?

The threat of arrest and fact of incarceration sure have a way of reminding a man to fulfill the obligations he has, don't they?