Jayson Williams' daughters blast St. John's honor

The daughters of erstwhile NBA All-Star Jayson Williams person denounced St. John's for its determination to induct their begetter into the school's athletics hallway of fame due to the fact that of accusations of neglect successful their lives pursuing his relation successful the 2002 fatal shooting of a limousine driver.

Tryumph and Whizdom Williams wrote unfastened letters that they planned to nonstop to St. John's saying the schoolhouse should beryllium ashamed for his induction into the people during Saturday's homecoming weekend.

Williams, 54, served much than a twelvemonth successful situation for the accidental shotgun decease of chauffeur Costas Christofi.

The sisters each accused Williams of neglect and affectional and verbal maltreatment and said the powerfulness forward, who erstwhile signed a six-year, $86 cardinal woody with the New Jersey Nets, failed to supply capable fiscal support.

Tryumph Jaye Williams, a 19-year-old studying theatre astatine DePaul, elaborate accusations that her sister was locked successful a trash chute by Williams. Tryumph besides lashed retired astatine St. John's arsenic "possibly, fools, misusing wealth to grant Jayson Williams."

"Why are you being honored and inducted into the hallway of fame erstwhile I've ever had to gain my survival, fto unsocial my success, successful spite of you? St. John's University -- you should beryllium ashamed of yourself," she wrote.

Whizdom J Williams, an 18-year-old pupil astatine the Fashion Institute of Technology, accused her begetter of being an alcoholic and "a deadbeat begetter who lacks immoderate consciousness of remorse."

St. John's and Williams did not instantly instrumentality requests for comment.

Williams killed Christofi with a 12-gauge shotgun portion showing it to friends astatine his New Jersey mansion, having failed to cheque the weapon's information mechanics earlier snapping the weapon closed. Williams past wiped down the limb and placed it successful the chauffeur's hands, stripped disconnected his ain clothes, handed them to a person and jumped into his pool, according to testimony. Williams' lawyers maintained that the shooting was an mishap and that his actions were driven by panic.

He made a tearful apology to the victim's household erstwhile helium was sentenced for the shooting successful 2010. Williams, divorced from his daughters' mother, Tanya, had paid Christofi's household much than $2 cardinal successful 2003 to settee a wrongful decease lawsuit.

Williams has since founded the addiction rehabilitation programme the Rebound Institute successful Florida, which has been promoted by St. John's arsenic a occurrence story.

But his daughters wrote that Williams ne'er made amends with them.

"I knew that I couldn't alteration who my begetter was oregon the mode helium viewed and treated me," Whizdom wrote. "I knew that the contrition and apologies were ne'er coming."

She besides wrote a poem astir her begetter and dedicated it: "To the weakest antheral I know, Jayson."

Williams averaged 7.3 points and 7.5 rebounds implicit 9 seasons with the Philadelphia 76ers and Nets. The 6-foot-10 Williams was among the NBA's champion rebounders erstwhile limb injuries led to his status from the Nets successful 2000.

He played 3 seasons astatine St. John's nether Hall of Fame manager Lou Carnesecca. A co-captain successful 1989-90, Williams was portion of a St. John's squad that won 24 games and precocious to the 2nd circular of the NCAA tournament. He was the 21st wide prime successful the 1990 draught and finished with 3,472 points, 3,584 rebounds and 301 blocks during his pro career.

Williams is scheduled to articulation a seven-person people astatine St. John's induction ceremonial that besides includes 2016 Olympic precocious jumper Priscilla Frederick and 2016 Olympic fencing metallic medalist Daryl Homer.