Affidavits that detail Black's actions were recently released. An affidavit given by ex-Gator Johnny Rutledge to the University of Florida police in May details events wherein Black's company Professional Management Inc. (PMI) provided him with over $10,000 in cash and a brand new Mercedes-Benz S420. Other former teammates including Jevon Kearse, Reggie McGrew and Mike Peterson all claimed to having received similar "gifts" from Black. All four players did sign with Black, but after testifying to the University police fired Black.

The University of Florida police used affidavits by Rutledge and Kearse to execute a search warrant on Black's PMI offices on May 21, 1999. Black's attorney, Leonard Mungo, filed a motion to invalidate the warrant since it was issued based on Florida civil law not criminal law. On August 18th, South Carolina Circuit Court Judge James R. Barber III turned down Black's motion to quash the search warrant and further agreed to unseal affidavits from former Florida players used to obtain the warrant.

More Rulings

The information seized by the University of Florida during the 10-hour office search was shared with the NFL Players' Association. The NFLPA is also investigating Black. On September 2nd, Judge Barber further ruled that the campus police were wrong to forward information that they gathered during this search to the NFLPA. He ordered the police to immediately stop passing along any information and to retrieve all information and documents they already sent to the NFLPA. However, the Judge did not suppress the evidence but did state that four of the five bases for the warrant were misleading, untruthful and incorrect. Judge Barber gave probable cause to the fifth basis and held this as valid.