Judge shoots down plan to reunite former Yellow Jacket with 10 kids

Published Apr. 30, 2015 2:37 p.m. ET

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A Gwinnett, Ga., judge ruled against the development of a plan to reunite former Georgia Tech football star Recardo Wimbush and his wife, Therian, with their 10 children, according to Steve Visser of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Now, the state can work toward removing their parental rights and place the children with relatives.

The case began last June, when social workers investigated a claim that the Wimbush's oldest child had been "imprisoned" in a basement room for months, per Visser's report.

"They are very much parents who want to help their kids, who love their kids," psychiatrist Sarah Vinson told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "They made one very bad decision that got dramatic attention."

Wimbush played linebacker for the Yellow Jackets from 1999-2002.

(h/t Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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