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Feds: Vick Should Pay $1M for Dogs

Posted Nov 20, 07 10:11 PM CST in US,  Sports 

(Newser) – The feds want Michael Vick to pick up the nearly $1-million tab for the 48 pit bulls they seized from his home. Prosecutors say the Atlanta Falcon, who surrendered to authorities yesterday to begin serving his time, should pay for the seizure, care, and adoption of the dogs, which they allege were abused at Vick’s home. Sentencing isn’t until early December, but the government filed a motion today to have the money frozen now.

Noting Vick’s “deteriorating financial condition,” prosecutors got nervous after the troubled NFL star began selling properties and became the target of three creditors’ lawsuits, the Journal-Constitution reports. An arbitrator has already ruled the Falcons can reclaim nearly $20 million in bonus money.

Source Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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State and Federal officials search the grounds behind a home owned by Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick in Smithfield, Va. in this July 6, 2007 file photo. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)   (Associated Press)
Michael Vick makes a statement after pleading guilty to a federal dogfighting charge in Richmond, Va., in this Aug. 27, 2007 file photo. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)   (Associated Press)
An officer walks in front of the Northern Neck Regional Jail where Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick is being held in Warsaw, Va., Monday, Nov. 19, 2007. Vick surrendered voluntarily to begin...   (Associated Press)
Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick arrives with his attorney Billy Martin, right, at federal court in Richmond, Va., in this Aug. 27, 2007 file photo. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, POOL)   (Associated Press)
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