by Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton
Prosecutors intend to present the charges to a grand jury
Federal prosecutors plan to introduce additional charges in NBA player Terry Rozier’s alleged NBA gambling scandal.
According to The Athletic, an attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York informed the court that it plans to file a superseding indictment against the Miami Heat player, alleging that he “solicited and accepted a bribe.” The information was revealed on April 27 when Rozier’s lawyers asked the court to dismiss the case.
Jim Trusty, Rozier’s attorney, said that prosecutors told him earlier that day they would bring new charges.
Prosecutors intend to present the charges to a grand jury. They say that they plan to argue that he committed sports bribery and honest services fraud. They accuse him of depriving “the NBA and the Charlotte Hornets of Mr. Rozier’s honest services.”
According to ESPN, Trusty gave the media outlet a statement regarding his client’s court case:
“Our motion to dismiss is based on the idea that they picked an invalid legal theory to prosecute Terry Rozier,” Trusty said. “We’ll see what they do to try to fix that in the superseding indictment, but I expect we’ll have problems with it.”
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Source: Black Enterprise
