"But regardless of where he placed his mind and body, one thought recurred for the former USC athlete. I was worried about it the whole time I was in prison, Hanson said. Like, are any of my Trojan brothers, my teammates, going to welcome me? Or are they gonna just write me off? Now that I'm a conviction felon, are they going to accept me?"
"In December 2017, the Redondo Beach native was sentenced to 255 months in prison for a drug trafficking, gambling and money laundering enterprise that spanned the United States, Central and South America and Australia. Sports were at the center of it all. Not only did Hanson traffic myriad drugs and even sell performance-enhancing drugs to professional athletes and teammates, he also oversaw a high-stakes illegal gambling operation focused on sports betting."
"Owen Hanson's body was in FCI Englewood, a low-security federal correctional facility in Colorado, but his mind was elsewhere. While a correctional officer was proctoring an exam that counted toward Hanson's master's degree, Hanson was thinking about USC. When he was working out, he mentally was at Equinox. The protein shake he made in a mop bucket? That was from Earthbar."
Owen Hanson served time at FCI Englewood while mentally focused on USC, gyms, and brand-name protein shakes. He worried throughout his incarceration about whether former teammates would accept him as a conviction felon. Hanson has held nicknames such as California Kid, O-Dog, and Cocaine Quarterback but now seeks to be Owen and make amends. In December 2017 he received a 255-month sentence for a drug trafficking, gambling and money laundering enterprise spanning the United States, Central and South America and Australia. He trafficked drugs, sold performance-enhancing drugs to athletes, and ran a high-stakes sports-betting operation. Hanson cooperated with Australian authorities, was released in 2024, co-wrote a memoir, and returned to the Coliseum to reconnect with former teammates.
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