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RG3 on extortion: "There's vultures out there"

Published: June 26, 2012 Comment on this article

BEREA, Ohio (AP) — The rookies, their lives filling with more responsibility by the minute, have listened carefully to the personal stories of success and failure from former NFL players.

photo - Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III celebrates with a youngster during a youth camp as part of the NFL football rookie symposium at the Cleveland Browns training facility in Berea, Ohio Tuesday, June 26, 2012. A former Baylor basketball player is facing a federal extortion charge for allegedly threatening to release "derogatory information" about Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III unless he was paid. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)

Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III celebrates with a youngster during a youth camp as part of the NFL football rookie symposium at the Cleveland Browns training facility in Berea, Ohio Tuesday, June 26, 2012. A former Baylor basketball player is facing a federal extortion charge for allegedly threatening to release "derogatory information" about Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III unless he was paid. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)

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