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Ex NBA star forced to repay Vegas debt

By Timothy Hamilton

Former NBA all-star Antione Walker has rpomised to pay back $900 000 dollars of bad check charges with three high profile Las Vegas casinos. Walker could face felony criminal charges if he fails to make his re-payments.

Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Melanie Andress-Tobiasson approved a deal Monday letting Walker pay almost $13,000 a month over five years.

Restitution and penalties would total $905,050, including $135,000 cash bail already posted following Walker's arrest in July at a Lake Tahoe hotel.

That would settle casino debts incurred between July 2008 and January 2009 at Caesars Palace, Planet Hollywood and the Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas.

Walker wasn't in court. His lawyer, Jonathan Powell, says the 6-foot-9 Walker hopes sign with a team in the U.S. or Europe this season.

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