Jason Lawrence Incarcerated

lostboy819 wrote:

From transworld mx...."Former Western Region 250cc Supercross Champion Jason Lawrence was booked and arrested today on charges related to his assault of his friend Ryan McGriddle...

From transworld mx...."Former Western Region 250cc Supercross Champion Jason Lawrence was booked and arrested today on charges related to his assault of his friend Ryan McGriddle last summer. Details about the length of Lawrence’s sentence are unknown, but TWMX is currently awaiting a return call from Lawrence’s manager, Scott Sepkovic.

Stay tuned for more details".


http://motocross.transworld.net/...wrence-incarcerated/

mxknowitall wrote:

Anyone else notice that part of his probation says that he can't consume alcohol?

526 wrote:

Well at least they let him finish out the racing season before arresting him LOLOLOL

Shimokitazawa wrote:

people who go to jail and are model inmates often get released early - sometimes they may only serve 1/3 of their sentences, depending on what...

people who go to jail and are model inmates often get released early - sometimes they may only serve 1/3 of their sentences, depending on what they've done and their history.

he could be out well before a year is up, and in the end whether he learns anything could be a moot point after all.

UpTiTe wrote:

Real prison is not like a movie where everyone is high on herion, getting raped and killing for the gang. Prison-jail is just like anywhere else...

Real prison is not like a movie where everyone is high on herion, getting raped and killing for the gang. Prison-jail is just like anywhere else in life, you get out of it what you put in, if you look for trouble youll find it. If you keep your mouth shut, youll be fine.

Prison - jail isnt a fun place to be, but its not as bad as the movies say.


If he got 365 days, he wont see prison, in California he will go to a county run facility, some kind of honor farm or ranch where he will have to work. In a county run facility if he stays out of trouble he will do 6 months.



He should be thanking god he isnt in L.A. county.

88sdad wrote:

Jail is a lot harder than prison. Prison is set up for long term imprisonment and has more luxuries.

flarider wrote:

I would like to make one very clear point in regards to all of this and it has less to do with Jason and more with...

I would like to make one very clear point in regards to all of this and it has less to do with Jason and more with his representation.


Scott Sepkovic is his manager and someone who should have kept tighter controls on many things in regards to Jason over the last couple years, but this situation is a blazing spotlight on what people call "managers" in this industry.

A REAL PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE MANAGER, like you find with professional athletes (Drew Rosenhaus comes to mind), would have already had a prepared statement written and delivered to the media prior to it getting to this point, instead of one paragraph "it has come to our attention" articles within the media. The fact that calls from the media in regards to the client (Jason) are not being returned is another example of the unprofessionalism of rider managers in MX. This is NOT the first time this has happened in this sport, where a rider has an on or off track incident and it is just ignored by their management, leaving media and fans to guess and internet forums to run wild with speculation.

I am going to catch shit for this and I know it, my phone will ring, emails will come in and some will ignore me in the future, I know this and expect it, because that is how it goes in MX on the "professional" side.

But reality is, there are managers who are little more than people with friends and a few connections they use to network and call/beg favors for their clients. Few, if any of them, are lawyers, have any real world experience outside of MX or any type of college degree in sports management.


A REAL MANAGER would be a professional and represent their clients in a professional manner, not hide from the phone or ignore situations hoping that it just goes away.

Industry people bitch about the internet and how people come up with all these wild and crazy stories and theories.....well, guess who's fault that is? It's the fault of those who keep mum on everything and aren't effectively communicating fact and reality to the masses.


You riders want to stop all the stupid rumors about you? Maybe you should look into how a real manager performs their job.


Rosenhaus once said (Paraphrasing) "If one of my clients get in trouble, they are told to call me before they call anyone else, before they call their wife, mom or coach, even if it's 2am, you call ME. I will get your bail paid, get you picked up from the jail, on a private jet out of town if necessary and have a press release out before the sun rises and anyone knows it even happened"


Jason's management should be controlling this message, not this thread or forum



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88sdad wrote:

Jail is a lot harder than prison. Prison is set up for long term imprisonment and has more luxuries.

Trip wrote:

Yeah your right, going to a place long term with people who do not have much to lose is way easier than going somewhere short term...

Yeah your right, going to a place long term with people who do not have much to lose is way easier than going somewhere short term. Where the people are actually looking forward to getting out.. Brilliant!!!

88sdad wrote:

Jail is a lot harder than prison. Prison is set up for long term imprisonment and has more luxuries.

88sdad wrote:

Jail is a lot harder than prison. Prison is set up for long term imprisonment and has more luxuries.

Trip wrote:

Yeah your right, going to a place long term with people who do not have much to lose is way easier than going somewhere short term...

Yeah your right, going to a place long term with people who do not have much to lose is way easier than going somewhere short term. Where the people are actually looking forward to getting out.. Brilliant!!!

88sdad wrote:

The people in prison, started in jail.

mxknowitall wrote:

Anyone else notice that part of his probation says that he can't consume alcohol?

88sdad wrote:

Jail is a lot harder than prison. Prison is set up for long term imprisonment and has more luxuries.

Trip wrote:

Yeah your right, going to a place long term with people who do not have much to lose is way easier than going somewhere short term...

Yeah your right, going to a place long term with people who do not have much to lose is way easier than going somewhere short term. Where the people are actually looking forward to getting out.. Brilliant!!!

88sdad wrote:

The people in prison, started in jail.

mxknowitall wrote:

Anyone else notice that part of his probation says that he can't consume alcohol?

MX Culture wrote:

and can't leave the state of California without notification first

Walter wrote:

It is hard to tell what he got from the booking info shown. On a felony one could get prison time and be taken into custody...

It is hard to tell what he got from the booking info shown.

On a felony one could get prison time and be taken into custody at the sentencing. The sentence would not be reflected in the booking record. You then get booked into the local county jail and then transferred to another facility to serve the time. Alternatively, you can get probation with county jail time as a condition thereof.

The good time credits vary substantially from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. One could get a year and a day and be required to serve it all, whereas a sentence of a year could be 6 months.

The sentencing order or minute entry would be the dispositive document to see to figure out what he really received. This should be on line at the court he was sentenced in.

MX479Guy wrote:

People that screw up over and over again are gonna screw up regardless.

Recidivism works for some people, but not for all.

sbarrington314 wrote:

sepkovic must have been his attorney also... i find it hard to believe that they didnt drop the charges to MM's atleast. any good lawyer should...

sepkovic must have been his attorney also... i find it hard to believe that they didnt drop the charges to MM's atleast. any good lawyer should be able to get those down.

i do wish i could watch it on court tv. id love to see his face when they told him he is going in for a year.

flarider wrote:

I would like to make one very clear point in regards to all of this and it has less to do with Jason and more with...

I would like to make one very clear point in regards to all of this and it has less to do with Jason and more with his representation.


Scott Sepkovic is his manager and someone who should have kept tighter controls on many things in regards to Jason over the last couple years, but this situation is a blazing spotlight on what people call "managers" in this industry.

A REAL PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE MANAGER, like you find with professional athletes (Drew Rosenhaus comes to mind), would have already had a prepared statement written and delivered to the media prior to it getting to this point, instead of one paragraph "it has come to our attention" articles within the media. The fact that calls from the media in regards to the client (Jason) are not being returned is another example of the unprofessionalism of rider managers in MX. This is NOT the first time this has happened in this sport, where a rider has an on or off track incident and it is just ignored by their management, leaving media and fans to guess and internet forums to run wild with speculation.

I am going to catch shit for this and I know it, my phone will ring, emails will come in and some will ignore me in the future, I know this and expect it, because that is how it goes in MX on the "professional" side.

But reality is, there are managers who are little more than people with friends and a few connections they use to network and call/beg favors for their clients. Few, if any of them, are lawyers, have any real world experience outside of MX or any type of college degree in sports management.


A REAL MANAGER would be a professional and represent their clients in a professional manner, not hide from the phone or ignore situations hoping that it just goes away.

Industry people bitch about the internet and how people come up with all these wild and crazy stories and theories.....well, guess who's fault that is? It's the fault of those who keep mum on everything and aren't effectively communicating fact and reality to the masses.


You riders want to stop all the stupid rumors about you? Maybe you should look into how a real manager performs their job.


Rosenhaus once said (Paraphrasing) "If one of my clients get in trouble, they are told to call me before they call anyone else, before they call their wife, mom or coach, even if it's 2am, you call ME. I will get your bail paid, get you picked up from the jail, on a private jet out of town if necessary and have a press release out before the sun rises and anyone knows it even happened"


Jason's management should be controlling this message, not this thread or forum



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