Reddick’s dad charged with fraud
News ‘ tough’ on right fielder; finds solace in clubhouse
ANAHEIM — A’s right fielder Josh Reddick wasn’t rocked Wednesday when the news came out that his father, Kenny, had been arrested and charged with multiple counts of workers compensation fraud.
He was rocked Monday. That’s when he first learned his father had been arrested and taken to Effington County Jail along with a companion, Linda Crawford, who also was arrested.
“Being here at the ballpark is easier for me right now,” Reddick said Wednesday. “Being in the hotel room during the day, particularly Monday, that was tough.
“But in here it’s always been all about focusing on the game, and I can do that.”
Reddick said he hadn’t talked to his father since Monday, when Kenny Reddick was moved first arrested in Rincon, Ga. And he said he has no idea what will happen next.
Published reports say Kenny Reddick has been charged with one felony count of insurance fraud, one felony count of theft by deception, one felony count of conspiracy to commit a crime and one misdemeanor count of giving false and misleading statements when obtaining workers’ compensation benefits.
Reports out of Rincon are that the case is under active investigation and additional charges of insurance fraud against Kenny Reddick and Crawford were possible.
“You are innocent until proven guilty,” Reddick said of his father. “But no one is above the law, either.”