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.