Terry Rozier Charged With Two New Federal Felonies
Hoops Rumors • • sports
Key Points:
- Veteran NBA guard Terry Rozier, still under contract with the Miami Heat until June 30, has been indicted on new felony charges of sports bribery and honest services fraud by a Brooklyn federal grand jury.
- Prosecutors allege Rozier accepted approximately $100,000 to intentionally take himself out of a game early while playing for the Charlotte Hornets, conspiring with gamblers to manipulate game outcomes.
- The scheme involved Rozier informing co-conspirator Deniro Laster that he would exit a game early due to a fabricated foot injury, enabling gamblers Marves Fairley and Shane Hennen to place bets based on this inside information.
- Rozier has pleaded not guilty and his attorney claims the charges are based on unreliable witnesses seeking to appease prosecutors, dismissing the new indictment as an attempt to find prosecutable offenses.
- The incident occurred on March 23, 2023, when Rozier played only nine minutes in a Hornets game before being sidelined for the rest of the season with the cited foot injury.