Steve McBee Sr. Breaks His Silence After Prison Sentencing for Crop Fraud Case: ‘This Too Shall Pass’

Steve McBee Sr. is leaning connected his community. 

After he was sentenced to 24 months successful situation and ordered to salary $4 cardinal successful restitution successful a multi-million dollar harvest security fraud case, nan McBee Dynasty: Real American Cowboys star, 52, collapsed his soundlessness connected nan ordeal connected his Instagram Stories connected Oct. 17.

Sharing a screenshot of a supportive matter from a friend, McBee wrote, "The number of messages I person received touches my bosom beyond measurement that words could express."

“But nan truth of nan matter is, I'm nan 1 who's fortunate … fortunate to person been capable to walk clip pinch truthful galore precocious characteristic young group and they were nan ones that made maine a amended quality not nan different measurement around," he continued.

Added McBee: "I count my blessings each time for my family and nan support they springiness maine and for my extended family that continues to turn each and each day. This excessively shall pass."

Hours later, nan reality prima reposted different connection from publicist Cathy Cardenas, saying that, while McBee is not ever perfect, he is “guilty of being excessively kind.” She besides encouraged her followers to believe for nan “war connected family farms” and deliberation doubly earlier gossiping.

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In response, McBee wrote, “Doesn’t alteration a point astir nan world we do regular aliases nan trajectory we’re connected and person been connected complete nan past almanac year. SO overmuch bully is happening and WILL proceed to. I’ve ne'er felt much confident.”

McBee pled guilty to 1 count of national harvest security fraud successful November 2024, resulting successful nan reality prima receiving $3,158,923 successful unauthorized benefits. 

According to Department of Justice (DOJ) property release astatine nan time, nan McBee Farming Operations owners admitted to making a mendacious study to Rain and Hail, a institution reinsured by nan Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, and confessed to sending “fraudulent documents to Rain and Hail that underreported his full 2018 maize harvest by astir 674,812 bushels and underreported his full 2018 soybean harvest by astir 155,833 bushels."

Along pinch posting connected his Instagram Stories, McBee besides shared a joint Instagram post pinch nan McBee Farm & Cattle Co business relationship connected Oct. 17, quoting a reside from Theodore Roosevelt and nan Alice In Chains opus “Rooster.”

In nan caption, he said, “Cowards dice galore times earlier their deaths; nan valiant ne'er sensation of decease but once. William Shakespeare.”