5 key details about Xaviar Babudar

Xaviar Babudar aka ChiefsAholic is the subject of an upcoming true-crime documentary on Amazon Prime Video titled ChiefsAholic: A Wolf in Chiefs Clothes.

Babudar was a huge admirer of the Kansas City Chiefs and a serial bank robber accused of several crimes, chief among them being bank robberies. In 2023, he was arrested and sentenced to 17 and a half years in prison without the possibility of parole, along with three years of supervised release.

Amazon Prime Video will add this two-hour-long sports drama to its library on December 24, 2024. ChiefsAholic: A Wolf in Chiefs Clothes stars Xaviar Babudar, Michael Lloyd, and Cole DeRuse among others. The longline for the same reads:

"When a beloved Kansas City Chiefs superfan goes missing, a mystery hiding in plain sight unravels into a shocking revelation."

Here are 5 key details about Xaviar Babudar aka ChiefsAholic, before ChiefsAholic: A Wolf in Chiefs Clothes hits the streamer.

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5 key details about Kansas City Chiefs superfan plus serial bank robber Xaviar Babudar

1) Allegedly, Xavier Babudar was able to attend every Chiefs game because of his 16-month crime spree

As per ESPN, Xavier Babudar, a Chiefs superfan would attend every Chiefs game in a distinct gray wolf suit. He also posted about himself on social media, claiming to be a hardworking bachelor, who would often put bets up to $5000 and flaunt the slips of the bets on his socials.

However after his 2023 arrest because of a string of crimes, it was alleged by the prosecutors that the latter was able to attend every Chiefs game and grow his ChiefsAholic persona with the money he gathered from his heists over the months.

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2) Xaviar Babudar and his long list of crimes

A still from ChiefsAholic: A Wolf in Chiefs Clothes (Image by Prime Video)

As per ESPN, Babudar was arrested for a second time on July 7, 2023, after which he entered a plea deal and admitted that he stole more than $800,000 in 11 robberies across seven states. He also laundered the proceeds through casinos. He reportedly robbed banks in Nevada, El Dorado Hills, Cali, and Sparks and escaped the authorities for nearly four months.

In total, ChiefsAholic admitted to one count of transporting stolen property across state lines, one count of money laundering, and one count of bank robbery.

During Babudar’s trial, the prosecutors read a sentence from one of Xaviar Babudar's victims, which reads as:

"[M]y team didn't deserve to be held at gunpoint twice so a man in a wolf suit could travel the country watching football and placing extravagant bets."

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3) Xaviar Babudar cut off his GPS monitor

As per ESPN, initially, Babudar was arrested on December 16, 2022, while he was fleeing an armed robbery at the Tulsa Teachers Credit Union. He was accused of stealing $150,000 and pointing a black pistol at a bank employee during the aforementioned robbery.

In March 2023, after being released on bond, Babudar removed his ankle monitor and tried to escape from the authorities. Right before Babudar tried to plan his escape, he had received a check for $100,000 (his winnings from the two $5000 Chiefs-related bets).

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4) Xaviar Babudar sent a message to his fans from prison

In a statement to ESPN, Babudar wrote that he is deeply sorry for the unwanted attention his family, friends, and supporters had to get because of his indecent acts. ChiefsAholic also asserted that he would try and follow every Chiefs game from prison by listening to it on the hand radio.

Here is what his statement to ESPN reads as:

"I have a ton of anxiety about how this is affecting my mother and brother, because I know this is extremely hard on them. There is not a day that passes where I'm not thinking about them. For a long time I was the sole provider for them. And now I cannot fulfill my obligations."

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5) Matthew Mereyman thinks Babudar’s robberies were driven by gambling addiction

Xaviar Babudar's lawyer believes that Babudar was a gambling addict. (Image by Ben Frost/Unsplash)

Matthew Merryman, the lawyer for Xaviar Babudar, thinks that his client's acts were caused by his gambling addiction, which made him need a lot of money and go on a robbery rampage.

As per ESPN, ChiefsAholic also had a troubled upbringing and several legal issues. As per Merryman, his client had chronic homelessness and childhood trauma.

However, senior litigation counsel Patrick Daly disagreed with the above claims and said:

"It's not an addiction to gambling. It's not an addiction to the Chiefs. It's an addiction to fame."

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ChiefsAholic: A Wolf in Chiefs Clothes will be available for streaming on Prime Video starting December 24, 2024.