Wednesday, April 29, 2026 -NBA star, Terry Rozier will face additional charges related to soliciting and receiving bribes during an alleged gambling scheme.
Assistant U.S. attorney Kaitlin Farrell revealed in court on
Monday that the government had “developed evidence that Mr. Rozier solicited
and accepted a bribe” and that prosecutors will present the charges to a grand
jury, The Athletic reported.
The charges will be filed in mid-May, and the NBA will be
the victim of the scheme in which Rozier allegedly committed sports bribery and
honest service fraud.
Jim Trust, Rozier’s attorney and a partner at Ifrah Law,
said that he had been informed by prosecutors two hours before the Monday
hearing of the possibility of superseeding charges.
Rozier is facing two federal wire fraud charges after he was
arrested and indicted in October for his role in a sports betting scheme, where
he allegedly told Deniro Laster that he would exit a game early in March 2023
while he was playing for Charlotte.
Laster is then alleged to have sold that info to sports
bettors.
Monday’s hearing had been scheduled to address a motion to
dismiss Rozier’s initial charges, but word of the possible superseeding
indictment took center stage — and the judge did not rule on the motion.
“Our motion to dismiss is based on the idea that they picked
an invalid legal theory to prosecute Terry Rozier,” Trusty said to ESPN. “We’ll
see what they do to try to fix that in the superseding indictment, but I expect
we’ll have problems with it.”
Seven men were charged by federal prosecutors last October
in relation to the alleged scheme.
Damon Jones, who is a former NBA player and assistant coach,
was among those charged and he is set to plead guilty to charges related to the
case on Tuesday before a federal judge.
Jones will also plead guilty to charges related to a case
involving a rigged poker game that involved former Trail Blazers head coach
Chauncey Billups.
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