The Virginia Parole Board voted 3-0 last month to grant conditional freedom to Finney-Smith’s father, Elbert Smith Jr., who has been incarcerated for the last 28 years and four months of Dorian’s 30-year life.
In the lawsuit, former City Manager Angel Jones alleges Vice Mayor De’Andre Barnes tried to solicit a bribe from the family of Dallas Mavericks forward Dorian Finney-Smith, who is from Portsmouth.