Okay, this one bothers me... This case is confusing because Jayson Williams is a very confusing character. We hear good things about him, like raising his sister's kids after she died of Aids and giving to charities. On the other hand, we hear other things about him like shooting the family dog, just because he could. This shooting wasn't Williams' first brush with the law. In 1994, he pleaded guilty to a felony in exchange for no jail time after an incident relating to accusations that he fired a semiautomatic weapon in the parking lot of the Meadowlands, the sports complex that is home to the Nets. He was also charged with pushing a police officer in a local bar. However, the jury won't hear that.
On Feb 13, 2001, he had tickets to a Globetrotters game and afterwards went to dinner and had drinks with them and some friends. Gus Christofi, the limo driver was so excited to get to meet the former NBA star, that he even brought along a disposable camera to take pictures. During the dinner, Williams singled out the limo driver, who was eating a different table alone and began swearing at him. Witnesses said that it was, "uncalled for public humiliation of Gus Christofi." Christofi had a troubled past of prison and drugs, including convictions for burglary and receiving stolen property. But since his release in 1988, he had turned his life around. He counseled others addicted to drugs and was making an honest living as a limo driver. I don't know if Williams knew any of that, but obviously he felt he was "better" than Christofi. Williams was drunk which was proven with a blood alcohol test. When they got back to his home he started showing off his gun collection, bragging that he was a "professional." He then takes out a shotgun, breaks it open, points it at Christofi and curses him. Then Williams, flipped the shotgun up. It immediately discharged, only 3-feet away from Christofi. For almost 10 minutes, while Christofi is gasping for breath, Williams and his "buddies" are organizing a cover-up, instead of calling for help. As soon as Williams shot him, he makes a remark about "F'ing" up his life." He was more worried about his life than saving the life of the man he "accidently" shot. Jayson Williams has a gun collection, knows about gun safety, all ready had one incident of "playing" with guns, and yet he does this. If he hadn't harrassed Christofi earlier in the evening, I might think, "manslaughter." I can't help but think that Jayson Williams is a seriously disturbed individual with "issues." I just hope justice prevails for Gus Christofi... even though manslaughter is not a "fitting" charge in this case as far as I'm concerned.

What a jerk! If I was his friend, I would have made a quiet, hasty exit, & called the cops on him immediately, I don't care what anyone else thinks.
What bothers me about stuff like this is...I grew up & quite literally spent anywhere from 2 to 20 hrs a week in a gunsmith shop. My grandfather was a gunsmith, oldworld, self-taught. I have a mischievous older brother, who was always beatin on me & in trouble... Still, no gun related incidents. The worst thing we did was play with the infra-red shotgun scopes...(spanking-lol)
We also had attack dobermans, never an incident with them either...
They explained these things to us in plain english & the guns were not all locked up either..He had blueing cabinets, sandblasting equipment...
Now the anti-gun lobbyists will pounce on this too.
This man needs prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. I'm with you on this one for sure. I'm so sick of some rich people thinking they can get away with whatever they want! Shame on his friends!

I'm watching his trial today again. I cannot believe the ignorant guys there with him that went along on this cover-up thing. Also... now they're saying that in front of the cops... he jumps in the pool????? He felt awfully guilty since he was bold enough to do that to get rid of evidence on his body. Sheeeeshhhhhhhhhhhhh