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Former star quarterback of the Atlanta Falcons, Michael Vick, was released from a Leavenworth, Kansas federal prison early Wednesday. His publicist, Judy Smith, and Federal Bureau of Prisons, confirmed his release. Smith said the athlete will serve the remaining two months of his 23-month sentence in home confinement.
According to CNN, Vick's sports agent, who negotiated his $140 million contract with the Falcons, believes the athlete will resume his professional football career as soon as September upon a pending NFL reinstatement. On the contrary, the athlete's attorneys say he will make a living at the Newport News construction firm immediately after his release and that he has also consented to take part in a documentary film for $600,000.
Last month, Vick presented a Chapter 11 plan to a bankruptcy judge which was denied and he was advised to submit another plan to emerge from bankruptcy. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Frank Santoro said the plan requested up to $1 million in cash to paid to creditors but did not believe Vick could immediately produce that amount of money in a short amount of time. Santoro suggested that Vick should do away with two houses and three cars he intended to keep in the rejected proposal.
In his testimony, Vick admitted to mishandling his funds when he was making up to $12 million a year with his Flacons salary and acknowledged that his actions were "heinous" and that he should have acted more responsibly.
After his release, Vick plans to work with the Humane Society of the United States in a anti-dog fighting campaign to raise awareness among young people about the blood sport, in addition to mentoring those who have already participated dog fights.
Humane Society President Wayne Pacelle said that VIck's case has already sparked awareness of the animal cruelty, dog dighting in particular. He noted that the Humane Society offers rewards to people to tip off or give leads to suspected dog fights, and so far $40,000 has been paid out in five different cases.
Vick plead guilty in August of 2007 to a federal charge of bankrollng a dog fight operation in his Virginia home.
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