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Video reveals inconsistency that supports Melton's case

LOS ANGELES - Security camera footage is inconsistent with the FBI's account of an August meeting that is a key part of the college basketball bribery case against USC associate head coach Tony Bland and would-be sports agent Christian Dawkins.

In video reviewed by the Los Angeles Times, Dawkins joined financial adviser Munish Sood; Dave Elliott, a close family friend of USC sophomore De'Anthony Melton; and an undercover FBI agent posing as a financial backer named Jill Bailey around a small oval table in the lobby of the Hyatt Regency hotel near Los Angeles

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