BATON ROUGE, La. — The state of Louisiana has dropped the underage gambling and computer fraud charges against Kayshon Boutte, the Patriots wide receiver’s attorney told ESPN.
As sports reporter ESPN’s Adam Scheffer reports, investigators with the Louisiana State Police Gaming Enforcement Division have dropped the fraud and underage gambling charges against Boutte.
Boutte was accused of using an alias to get around the legal age for sports gambling in Louisiana. He allegedly placed over 8,900 bets under the alias account between April 6, 2022, and May 7, 2023, and according to police, at least seventeen of those bets were on college football games, and at least six of those were bets on LSU football games.
Boutte was selected in the 6th round of the 2023 NFL Draft by the New England Patriots. He caught just 2 passes for 19 yards as a rookie.
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