A former Ohio State University football player who played in the NFL and two people associated with his charity have settled a court case with the Ohio Attorney General’s Office that accused them of misusing charitable donations for personal benefit. Roy Hall, a wide receiver who played for the Buckeyes from 2002 to 2007 and went on to a professional career with several teams that ended in 2011, created the Driven Foundation with fellow Buckeye Antonio Smith. The foundation provides “educational and fitness programming to families and youth throughout central Ohio,” the organization’s federal 990 disclosure form says. “When the label on the cookie jar states that its contents are for charitable purposes, you can’t go sticking your hand in it to take for yourself,” Attorney General Dave Yost said in a written statement. “Charities have rules and guidelines their employees need to follow and these three did not.”Yost’s lawsuit,…
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