FOXBORO — Patriots receiver Kayshon Boutte is in some trouble in Louisiana. Boutte has been arrested in Baton Rouge on charges related to illegal online gambling.
Boutte turned himself in on Thursday and is facing charges of Computer Fraud — which is a felony — and a misdemeanor count of Gaming Prohibited for Persons Under 21. The charges allege that Boutte, who turned 21 last May, created a fraudulent online gaming account that said he was 21 years old or older so that he could legally gamble while he was still at student at LSU.
He used that account to make nearly 9,000 illegal bets, including six on the LSU football team while he was a member of the Tigers in 2022.
The Louisiana State Police issued the following statement on the matter:
In July of 2023, Investigators assigned to the Louisiana State Police Gaming Enforcement Division were contacted by an online gambling company regarding sports wagers made by a prohibited person. Investigators learned that former Louisiana State University (LSU) football player, 21-year-old Kayshon Boutte of Baton Rouge, participated in sports gambling from April 6, 2022, until May 7, 2023, when he was 20 years old. During this period, Boutte used an alias to circumvent the legal age required for placing sports wagers in Louisiana. Between April 6, 2022, and May 7, 2023, the alias account believed to be used by Boutte placed over 8,900 wagers. Of the 8,900 wagers, at least seventeen were on National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) football games, with at least six of those wagers on LSU football.