Xaviar Babudar, the Kansas City Chiefs superfan known as “ChiefsAholic” will be spending even more time in jail
Babudar was sentenced on Monday in Oklahoma to 32 years in prison, more than two years after authorities caught him in the state fleeing from a local bank robbery.
ChiefsAholic is already serving a 17½-year federal sentence for bank robbery in a whopping seven different states from 2022-23.
His new 32-year sentence is concurrent with his past 17½-year sentence — meaning that he will serve the remaining 14-plus years of his second sentence after the first one ends.
The Tulsa County district attorney’s office sought a life sentence for the 30-year-old.
“It was offensive to me,” said Tulsa County District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler in a statement. “That a serial robber could victimize as many hardworking Americans as this guy did all across the country and only receive 17½ years from the federal government.
“My preference was for him to serve the rest of his life in prison. He caught another break today, but at least he’s going to be serving some additional time, and my thoughts are with the victims who continue to be tormented by his violence.”
Babudar’s attorneys, Brett and Jay-Michael Swab, felt quite differently, saying, “[The prosecution] wanted him to die in prison. Our entire position from the beginning is that we want to live in a world where everybody’s treated equally, not based on notoriety or social media presence.”
The attorneys claimed that Babudar’s bank robberies were fueled by a gambling addiction and a troubled homeless childhood.
Babudar was one of the most popular superfans at Chiefs games, always sporting his signature gray wolf mask and suit. “ChiefsAholic” would be seen on the jumbotron riling up fans and had built up a strong social media following.
Babudar requested to be jailed at a federal prison in Illinois, but was denied. He is instead being sent to the “Alcatraz of the Rockies,” a super-maximum security prison in Colorado.
