Even as quarterback Patrick Mahomes dominated sports headlines on Wednesday at the 2023 ESPYs, the early part of the Kansas City Chiefs’ night came to be defined by disgraced superfan ChiefsAholic.
In host Pat McAfee’s opening monologue, a picture of ChiefsAholic was put on the big screen while the former punter cracked jokes at Kansas City’s expense.
“ChiefsAholic" gets airtime on the #ESPYS.
🎥ABC pic.twitter.com/uda2tVkB1l— Rob Collins (@RCFOX4KC) July 13, 2023
The alleged misdeeds of the man behind the mask, Xaviar Babudar, at banks and credit unions across the country came to light late last year, when the superfan’s Twitter account went dark during Kansas City’s championship run. Intrepid internet investigators determined that he had been arrested on charges of robbing a credit union in Oklahoma.
After posting bail in February, he allegedly fled to Sacramento, California, before being arrested on Monday. While little is known about the man’s life beyond what was posted to his publicly accessible social media accounts, his misdeeds and bad behavior have bought him enough notoriety to be featured on national television, for better or worse.
