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The Adidas executive accused of participating in a conspiracy to pay off teenage basketball players claimed in court documents that the payments do not constitute a crime.

Jim Gatto, the Wilsonville sports marketer at the center of the explosive basketball scandal, did not confirm or deny paying six-figure sums to players to attend Adidas-aligned schools. Even if he did, his lawyers argued, it doesn’t amount to wire fraud, as alleged by federal prosecutors.

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