Xaviar Babudar, AKA ‘Chiefsaholic,’ sentenced to 32 years in prison for bank robbery

Xaviar Babudar, the Kansas City Chiefs superfan known as “Chiefsaholic,” was sentenced to 32 years in state prison Monday by the Tulsa County DA’s office, per Dan Lindblad of 2 News Oklahoma. Babudar pleaded guilty to robbing a bank in Bixby, Okla.

He previously received a 17.5-year federal prison sentence for robbing multiple banks in 2022 and ’23. The 32-year sentence will run concurrent to his federal sentence, according to Lindblad. He was transferred to Tulsa earlier this year from a high-security federal prison in Colorado at the request of the Tulsa County District Attorney, according to Brooke Cox of 6 News Oklahoma.

“It was offensive to me,” Tulsa County district attorney Steve Kunzweiler said, “that a serial robber could victimize as many hard-working Americans as this guy did all across the country and only receive 17½ years from the federal government.

“My preference was for him to serve the rest of his life in prison. He caught another break today. But at least he’s going to be serving some additional time. And my thoughts are with the victims who continue to be tormented by his violence.”

Babudar was first arrested in December 2022 after robbing a Tulsa Teacher Credit Union in Bixby. The Chiefs superfan, who admitted to robbing and attempting to rob 11 banks across eight states, went on the run in March 2023 after removing his ankle monitor and failing to appear in court. Babudar was arrested again in July 2023 in California.

He used the money gained from the crimes to buy Chiefs tickets, place bets on the team and travel the country. Babudar would document his lifestyle through his X account where he was known as “Chiefsaholic.” The account, which is now deleted, had thousands of followers.

Chiefs superfan behind bars for foreseeable future

In April 2024, a judge ordered Babudar to pay $10.8 million to a Bixby teller he threatened with a gun in December 2022. Babudar was ordered to pay Payton Garcia $3.6 million for inflicting physical harm and emotional distress and $7.2 million in punitive damages. Frank Frasier, Gracia’s attorney, told ESPN at the time that they knew it would be challenging to get the money from Babudar since he was unemployed at the time of his crimes.

“But the point is two things,” Frasier told ESPN. “He’ll never be able to profit from this. Say he writes a book in prison. Say he does the Lifetime or Hallmark movie… anything he obtains from that will be paid to his creditors.

“The second part overall is this: The judge sent a message that you cannot profit from crime. You cannot profit by greater notoriety, you cannot profit from clicks, getting more views, getting more likes.”

Babudar’s attorneys, Brett and Jay-Michael Swab, were relieved their client did not receive a life sentence. They said Babudar never intended to hurt anyone and did not use a real firearm.

“No single or multiple series of events defines him as a person,” Brett Swab said, via Elizabeth Merrill
David Purdum of ESPN.

On3’s Brian Jones contributed to this report.