Alabama State Rep. Randy Davis has been indicted on allegations of bribery, according to federal court documents.

Court documents show the superseding indictment filed Wednesday stems from the alleged bribery scheme that led to indictments of State Rep. Jack Williams, R-Vestavia Hills, lobbyist Marty Connors, former chairman of the state Republican Party, and Trina Health owner and CEO G. Ford Gilbert of California.

The case began in April of 2018 when a federal grand jury returned an indictment against Gilbert, whose Trina Health clinics operate diabetes treatment clinics across the world.

Davis, 66, faces three counts in the superseding indictment: one charge of conspiracy, one charge of violation of the travel act, and one charge of making a false statement.

A superseding indictment replaces the original indictment filed in the case.

Davis appeared at the Montgomery federal courthouse this afternoon. Al Agricola, one of his attorneys, said there would be no statement.

According to the indictment, a person only identified by the initials C.B. was a friend of Gilbert's. He didn't have the money to open a Trina Health affiliated clinic, so he recruited investors. C.B. had worked on business deals before with former state Rep. Mickey Hammon, but he knew Hammon didn't have the money, either. C.B. talked to Hammon about the clinic, and hoped Hammon would use his office to put C.B. in contact with someone who had money.

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Hammon shared the details of the Trinia clinic with his friend Davis, the indictment says. Davis didn't have the money needed, but he was interested and agreed to look for investors with Hammon.

The indictment says C.B. promised the men that whoever could recruit investors would be given a five percent ownership interest. In May 2014, the indictment says Davis accepted the deal and emailed C.B. that he hoped to "make millions on this deal."

From that month until April 2015, the indictment alleges Davis actively looked for investors. At one point in 2015, Gilbert visited C.B., Hammon, and Davis and told the men that any north Alabama Trina affiliated clinic would be profitable and also be performing a public service.

U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama Louis Franklin Sr. released a statement after the indictment was issued:

"The original indictment alleged that in 2014 and 2015, Trina Health opened three clinics in Alabama. Soon thereafter, the state's largest health insurer informed Trina Health that it would not cover the treatments provided by Trina Health. Gilbert then schemed to force the insurer to change its position.

"Gilbert came up with a plan to push a bill through the Alabama Legislature's 2016 session that would require the insurer to cover the treatments. Gilbert then made payments and gave things of value to a legislator, former House of Representatives Majority Leader Micky Ray Hammon, in exchange for Hammon working behind the scenes to push the bill. Gilbert also hired co-defendant Martin Connors to act as a lobbyist on behalf of the bill. Connors knew of Gilbert's payments to the legislator.

"The new charges contained in the superseding indictment alleges that Davis also stood to gain from Trina Health's successes. According to the indictment, during 2014 and 2015, Davis tried to recruit investors to Trina Health and, as a result of doing so, he received finder's fees. After Trina Health encountered difficulties with the health insurance companies, Davis attempted to lobby the insurance company to change its position. When that failed, Davis took steps to advance the bill. For example, Davis helped to recruit a sponsor, arranged for the public hearing to be video recorded, and then spoke in favor of the bill at a public hearing."

In 2017, Davis, a four-term state legislator and a Republican from Daphne, announced he would not seek re-election. He planned to run for Baldwin County probate judge but later dropped those plans.

Davis was first elected in 2002 and reelected three times. He was a music teacher and an administrator in Mobile County and Baldwin County public schools and later an assistant professor of music at the University of Mobile until 2014.

"Ford Gilbert strongly and firmly maintains his innocence to these unfounded charges which we will vigorously fight in a court of law where justice will be served," Gilbert's attorney, Richard Jaffe, stated.

"It has never been a crime, and it never will be, to honestly utilize the legislative process to benefit the citizens of the State of Alabama. Alabama has one of the highest rates of Diabetes in the United States. Ford, who has deep Alabama roots and connections, was not about profit but about health, and that will be evident at trial. Trina Health operates clinics around the world and is named after Ford's daughter "Trina" whose life was salvaged by this treatment that is not yet covered In Alabama."

AL.com's Mike Cason contributed to this report.

Court records in Davis case by Jeremy W. Gray on Scribd