DETROIT -- The father of former Michigan basketball star Chris Webber acknowledged before a federal grand jury that he accepted gifts from a banned booster, his attorney said in a court document.

It was the first time Mayce Webber Jr. acknowledged taking anything from Eddie Martin, who pleaded guilty in May to money laundering and admitted loaning $616,000 to four former Michigan players, The Detroit News reported Wednesday.

Chris Webber is now with the Sacramento Kings.

Mayce Webber Jr., his sister-in-law, Charlene Johnson, and his son were indicted in September on federal charges of conspiring to obstruct justice and making a false statement to a grand jury. All three have pleaded innocent. Each charge is punishable by up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

Mayce Webber Jr. "acknowledged that Martin had given some gifts to him, and Martin put a hotel bill on a charge card and was paid back,'' his attorney, Robert Morgan, said in a court motion filed last month. The motion sought dismissal of the indictment.

A booster paying for a room is a violation of NCAA rules.

Morgan wouldn't comment Tuesday.

Mayce Webber Jr. testified in June 2000.

Prosecutors said Martin gave the Webber family $280,000 from 1988 to 1993.

The university banned Martin from contact with its teams in March 1997, when it told the NCAA about two minor violations involving contact between Martin and players then on the basketball team.

Newspaper reports at the time identified Martin as a basketball program booster who allegedly tried to rent an apartment for a player and tried to buy plane tickets for players' relatives.

Chris Webber told the grand jury in August 2000 that he took gifts from Martin in high school but couldn't remember whether he took money while at Michigan, according to a partial transcript of his testimony.

Johnson's lawyer, Steven Levy, said she wouldn't accept any plea bargain and doubted any of the three defendants would plead guilty to a lesser offense. Attorneys for the Webbers won't comment on possibilities of a plea bargain.

Martin is set for sentencing Feb. 20, although that could be delayed if he testifies at any criminal trials.