Tuesday, September 06, 2005

ESPN Reporter Commits Suicide


Adrian Karsten
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(From The New York Post -- By David K. Li)

Former ESPN Reporter ADRIAN KARSTEN (pictured on the left in this photo), facing A PRISON TAX RAP, was found DEAD, an apparent SUICIDE, in his WISCONSIN home, officials said Sunday.

Cops declined to provide details but Karsten's ex-wife told THE NEW YORK POST that investigators have labeled it a suicide.

Karsten (45) pleaded guilty in July to failing to report about $607,000 in income he made as a sideline reporter for ESPN COLLEGE FOOTBALL GAMES between 1999 and 2002.

He was sentenced to serve 11 MONTHS in prison and 9 MONTHS home confinement.

He was supposed to report to a federal lockup in ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, last Thursday but never showed up, his ex-wife said.

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