Michael Vick’s colossal fall from multimillionaire football megastar to federal inmate culminated Monday when U.S. District Court Judge Henry Hudson sentenced him to 23 months in prison on a single dogfighting charge.
Federal guidelines called for a sentence between 18 and 24 months because Vick tested positive for marijuana while out on bond and the judge found the former All-Pro quarterback lied to federal authorities about his role in killing under-performing dogs on the property he owned in Surry County, where the dogfighting operation was based.
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