CHICAGO -- The alleged victim of an extortion plot by a Chicago-area minister has been identified as the wife of New York Yankees outfielder Gary Sheffield, NBC5's Anna Davlantes reported.
Rufus Williams, Sheffield's manager, released the information in a press conference Tuesday afternoon. Williams said the Rev. Derrick Mosley, a self-proclaimed community activist, tried to obtain $20,000 from him in exchange for a videotape that allegedly contains images of Sheffield's wife having sex with R & B star R. Kelly.
Williams said he went to the FBI after Mosley approached him about the tape. The agent then wore a wire to secretly record a conversation with the minister. During the conversation, Mosley allegedly told Williams that as a reverend, he could treat the money as a "counseling fee" to help Sheffield's wife atone for her sins.
"He said that he wasn't looking to destroy anyone's family," Williams said. "(He said) if that had been his mission, he would have gone ... he could have gone to the tabloids and gotten millions, given the people that were involved."
Williams said that by going to authorities, he was trying to do what was right.
"And to the extent that someone tries to benefit from what may have happened in someone else's past, be that you brought it on yourself or not, that is not right," Williams said.
Williams said that Sheffield's wife admits having had a relationship with R. Kelly, but that the relationship took place more than 10 years ago.
