Tag: Prime Time Prep Academy

Deion Sanders once again faces sanctions due to his failure to participate in court proceedings surrounding the suit about his alleged misuse of subsidized lunch funds. As we have previously reported, whistleblower Lawrence Smith claimed that Prime Time Prep Academy, a charter school co-founded by Sanders and D.L. Wallace, applied for, and received, nearly $1 million under the National School Lunch Program and Summer Food Service Program, with no evidence that the money was used for school lunches or for the benefit of needy …

Former professional football star Deion Sanders has asked a federal court in Texas to reject a default judgment against him in a lawsuit alleging the misuse of subsidized lunch funds at Prime Time Prep Academy, a charter school co-founded by Sanders and D.L. Wallace. The default judgment was entered because of the failure of Sanders’ attorney, John D. Nation, to respond in a timely fashion to an amended petition by plaintiff Lawrence Smith. Nation claims he received a copy of the amended petition in question, …