Gassnola testified he made two payments to people close to Smith, a former five-star recruit who spent one-and-a-half seasons at NC State before being a lottery pick in the 2017 NBA draft. Gassnola mentioned in a telephone conversation between him and Dawkins that former Louisville assistant Kenny Johnson was one of the people who knew about the deal, to which Dawkins responded, "Kenny didn't even know." Talk soon." Pitino responded with a thumbs-up emoji. The jury was shown a text message conversation between Gassnola and former Louisville head coach Rick Pitino on June 3, when Bowen announced his commitment, where Gassnola said "HOFer. Gassnola testified he never talked to anyone on the Louisville staff regarding the deal. In a text message the night Bowen committed to Louisville, Gassnola wrote to Code: "By the way this Bowen thing looks good for us.
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He testified that Dawkins called Gassnola to inform him Bowen's family was looking for money to go to Louisville, and then found out Dawkins had already called Code in an attempt to complete the agreement. Gassnola described how Adidas paid $100,000 to the father of Brian Bowen, a former five-star prospect who signed to play at Louisville.
The defense's cross-examination of Gassnola will continue Monday. Gassnola was questioned by both government and defense attorneys in the federal wire fraud case against Adidas executive James Gatto, Adidas consultant Merl Code Jr. Gassnola detailed payments he made to the families or friends of Brian Bowen, Dennis Smith Jr., Deandre Ayton, Billy Preston and Silvio De Sousa in his testimony Thursday.
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