I went down and played with Magic Johnson at his all-star game in Atlanta. I remember Magic stopped the game and said, 'We need you here with us in L.A.'

Williams was subsequently moved on April 19 2011 to Riker's Island to serve an additional 1-year sentence for a DWI of which he served 8 months and was released from custody on April 13 2012. Members of Williams's NBA charity basketball team were present at the scene. Personal life
Williams was born in Ritter South Carolina; he is of Polish Italian and African-American descent.

He served an 18-month prison sentence and was released in April 2012. In 2010 Williams pled guilty to assault in the shooting death of a limousine driver.