Former tutor of UNC-Chapel Hill, allegedly involved in the football program scandal, was charged with four felony counts in an Orange County courthouse Thursday, WRAL reported.
Jennifer Lauren Wiley Thompson is the fifth person this week in relation to the scandal to appear in court. Thursday afternoon was Wiley’s first appearance in the Orange county District Court.
Wiley is one of 10 people the NCAA has investigated to have provided UNC football players with inappropriate academic and financial benefits.
Wiley has been charged with violating the North Carolina Uniform Athlete Agents Act, a state law regarding interaction between sports agents and athletes.
According to The News & Observer, Wiley’s indictment states that in May 2010, she obtained a $579 round-trip airline ticket to Florida for UNC football player Greg Little, and later that year delivered little packages of cash totaling $2,150. Investigators link her actions to efforts to get him to sign a contract with Terry Watson of the Watson Sports Agency.
Each of Wiley’s felonies carry a maximum jail time of 15 months—her bond was set at $15,000.Wiley is expected to appear back in the Orange County Superior Court Oct. 15.
More arrests related to the scandal are expected in the coming days.