I’m sure most folks have read the accounts of Javon Walker being found unconcsious, robbed, and with a caved-in dome on the Las Vegas strip. (Yes, that Javon Walker.) Javon had earlier been in a Las Vegas club spraying 15 large worth of Dom Perignon over a crowd, and the immediate thought by most was that he pissed off some posse that was also in the club. However the immediate question is, where was Javon’s entourage? Why was he found alone one the strip at 6 in the morning? It’s being reported today that Javon explained:

I was just back at my room, and at about 5:30 in the morning, I got a knock at the door. I opened it, and three guys with guns were there. They cracked me in the head a few times, knocking me unconscious. They then robbed me of everything I had; my watch, money, everything. Somehow they got me to a car and dropped me off in the street. That’s what happened.

At first glance I thought, “Wow, this guy was just the victim of a planned robbery.” But after pausing for a second to think about the implications of this statement, I quickly came to the realization that he’s probably stretching the truth a bit.
Let’s think about this for a second. Firstly, who opens a hotel door at 5:30 in the morning to anyone? And more importantly, who opens the door to a bunch of menacing looking dudes? It certainly wasn’t housekeeping coming in at 5:30 in the morning. Let’s assume for a second that Javon didn’t look out the peep-hole and just blindly opened the door. These dudes beat him up, take his gear, and haul him out to their car. Now let’s pause here for a second. Firstly, what criminal kidnaps a dude to dump him on a street after knocking him unconcious and then taking all his gear? You’ve got everything already. However more important that all of these little hiccups, this was in THE BELLAGIO. That’s right, that Bellagio. Assuming these dudes could even get up to Javon’s suite, don’t you think there would have been some footage of this supposed kidnapping? I’m willing to bet every square foot of that casino has around 9 cameras trained on it, so I’d be a bit surprised that a bunch of dudes hauling a body through the floor of a casino would go unnoticed. Did they dress him up “Weekend at Bernie’s” style and just haul him through the floor? Did they stuff him in a duffle bag and drag him through the casino? Did they bake him in a cake and wheel him out? Essentially, I argue it’s IMPOSSIBLE to drag a body through a casino without looking suspicious.

So Javon, what actually happened?