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No 'Good Offer' on Table for Jayson Williams in DWI Charge

By DNAinfo Staff on August 17, 2010 6:49pm  | Updated on August 17, 2010 9:08pm

A drunk-driving conviction could add to the prison time Jayson Williams is serving for the cover-up of the accidental shooting death of his limo driver.
A drunk-driving conviction could add to the prison time Jayson Williams is serving for the cover-up of the accidental shooting death of his limo driver.
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By Shayna Jacobs

DNAinfo Reporter/Producer

MANHATTAN — A lawyer for disgraced ex-NBA star Jayson Williams said Tuesday that there is no "good offer" on the table for the former New Jersey Net facing a drunk driving charge in Manhattan.

While his attorney, Oscar Holt, told DNAinfo that Williams is considering all options, including a plea, prosecutors have offered no breaks, the lawyer said.

According to Holt, they're offering what the maximum sentence would be anyway — one year added to the 5-year prison sentence Williams is currently serving for attempting to cover up the accidental shooting death of his limo driver.

The drunk-driving charge stemmed from an accident in January when an allegedly inebriated Williams crashed his Mercedes Benz SUV into a tree near the corner of Avenue C and East 18th Street.

Holt said he doesn't know "what's going to happen" with the DWI charge, only that they'll appear in court on Friday.

"Of course we'll talk plea [and] we'll talk trial," he said.