Throughout the public collapse of Prime Prep Academy, the charter school co-founded by Deion Sanders, the former Cowboy star has been accused of bullying and even attacking school employees who failed to cow to his demands for more power and more money.
Those allegations have largely been hard to corroborate, but audio recordings obtained by the Observer provide a glimpse into Sanders’ angry and violent attempts to wrest control of his namesake school from his former business partner.
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He admits he doesn’t really need the money. “Forget me, because what I do with the money I’m getting, I turn around and stipend my coaches,” he says, apparently referring to the small stipends usually paid to high school sports coaches. “Because God has blessed me, I don’t really need it. But I’m going to get it because it’s mine and my name is on the building. OK, that’s just fair.”
He adds: “I don’t know who you can look in this eye in this room, and say, ‘I’m going to give myself 120 Gs and I’m giving Prime 40.’ You can’t justify that.”
Wallace doesn’t reject the request, but he wants to know what official role Sanders wants to take on.
“Now you tell me then: What position?” Wallace asks.
“Position?” Sanders responds incredulously.
“What position?”
“HNIC,” Sanders shoots back. That’s “Head Nigga in Charge.”
Listen to the audio clips, which allegedly include threats from Sanders to break Prime Prep’s neck, at DallasObserver.com.
