Chiefs Superfan Receives 32 Years in Prison After Pleading Guilty to Oklahoma Bank Robbery
Kansas City Chiefs superfan Xaviar Babudar has been sentenced to 32 years in prison in connection with a December 2022 bank robbery in Bixby, Okla., according to reports
Babudar, 30, is currently serving 17 years in federal prison for multiple bank robberies across the country; he will serve the sentences concurrently, meaning he will spend more than 14 years in an Oklahoma prison after finishing his federal sentence
Babudar earned notoriety as a Chiefs superfan after he dressed up as a wolf at the team's gamesKansas City Chiefs superfan Xaviar Babudar has been sentenced to 32 years in prison for a 2022 bank robbery that he committed in Bixby, Okla.
Babudar, 30, was sentenced in an Oklahoma courtroom on Monday, May 12 after carrying out a robbery at a Tulsa Teachers Credit Union, 2 News Oklahoma, ESPN and KSL News reported.
The notorious Chief superfan will serve the sentence concurrently with a 17-year federal prison sentence that he is currently serving for multiple bank robberies, per the outlets. This means he'll serve more than 14 years in an Oklahoma prison after completing his federal sentence.
Babudar pleaded guilty to one count of robbery with a firearm, one count of assault while masked or disguised, and one count of removing an electronic monitoring device, per ESPN.
Babudar, also known as 'Chiefsaholic,' earned notoriety on social media as a Chiefs superfan who dressed up as a wolf at the team's games. He was arrested in December 2022 and again in July 2023, before confessing to carrying out a series of robberies in February 2024, per AP.
Babudar admitted to robbing 11 banks in total across eight states, according to reports.
In December 2022, Babudar stopped at the bank in Bixby while heading to a Chiefs game and pointed a gun at a bank teller before fleeing with $150,000. He was captured by police shortly and released on bond in February 2023, per ESPN and 2 News Oklahoma.
Tulsa County District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler said after the sentencing on Monday, per KSL News, 'The violence that Babudar exhibited to the employees of the Tulsa Teacher Credit Union was abhorrent. He is a serial robber who traumatized these victims.'
Kunzweiler wanted him to receive a life sentence. The judge noted that Babudar did not use a real gun to carry out the robbery, which helped to lessen his sentence, per 2 News Oklahoma.
Babudar's attorneys, Brett and Jay-Michael Swab, said his robbery attempts were 'fueled by a gambling addiction and a troubled childhood that left him homeless.' They added that their client is 'remorseful and has found Jesus during his incarceration,' per ESPN.
In April 2024, Babudar was ordered by an Oklahoma judge to pay $10.8 million to the teller he assaulted with a gun, per the AP.
He was later sentenced to 17 years and six months in prison in September 2024 and was also ordered to pay $532,675 in restitution to the "victim financial institutions,' the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Western District of Missouri said in a press release.
Prosecutors said a majority of the stolen money was laundered through casinos and online gambling. Babudar also robbed banks or attempted to rob banks in Iowa, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Tennessee, Minnesota, Nevada and California in 2022 and 2023.
PEOPLE has contacted the Tulsa County District's Office for comment.
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