Ron Artest

"As far as we are concerned, (Artest) is just a guy helping out his family," he said. "But it is his sister's responsibility to report it and try to recover some money if that's the case."

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6 News in Indianapolis, via YouBeenBlinded.com, reports that Ron Artest and his sister, 36-year-old Latoya Holmes-Ivey, "are at the center of a welfare fraud investigation. "

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Indianapolis Housing Agency Executive Director Bud Meyers, who helped direct the raid of Artest's sister's home said, "The source of the income doesn't matter. What matters is that she did not report the money. "

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"I hope he had his tighty-whities on underneath." Jackson, asked if there was anything Artest could do to surprise him, replied: "As far as basketball stuff or off-the-court stuff? Yeah, I don't think he's that outlandish off the court, I really don't. Of course, I've got a lot to draw from."

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Of Artest, Jackson added, "He's a solid-citizen kind of guy for us so far."

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"That's the one thing I hear from the players recently," added Artest, who signed with the Lakers in July.

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"I know [LeBron] could," Artest said.

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"If I wanted to play for the Knicks, I wasn't going to feel pressure," Artest said.

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"He was shocked," Artest said.

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"What happened was I was getting dressed in my room, such as today, and I had these sexy shorts on such as these and they called them boxers," Artest said, pointing to his checkered knee-length shorts.

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