Puig changing plea to not guilty of lying in gambling case

Puig is changing his plea to not guilty of lying in a federal gambling case. He is now changing the plea because of "significant new evidence" He spent seven seasons in the majors from 2013-19, the first six with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Erik Kristian Hiljus, 49, of Los. Angeles, has agreed to plead guilty to two counts of subscribing to false tax returns. He could face up to six years in federal prison at sentencing. The operation run by Wayne Nix ran for two decades. It included current and former professional athletes as clients or employees.