Feds say ex-NBA player Terry Rozier accepted $100K bribe in sports betting scheme

NBAFeds say ex-NBA player Terry Rozier accepted $100K bribe in sports betting schemeFederal prosecutors filed additional charges of sports bribery and honest services wire fraud conspiracy against the former Miami Heat guard. Listen to this article with a free account00:0000:00Terry Rozier arrives at U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York last year.Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images fileShareAdd NBC News to GoogleMay 28, 2026, 7:16 PM EDTBy Chloe Atkins, Tom Winter and Jonathan DienstFormer NBA player Terry Rozier was hit with new federal charges of sports bribery and honest services wire fraud conspiracy Thursday in a massive sports betting investigation that has rocked the league. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.The superseding indictment, returned by a federal grand jury in Brooklyn, New York, alleges Rozier solicited and accepted a bribe of $100,000 in exchange for tipping off a group of bettors about his plan to exit a March 2023 game early because of an injury while he was playing for the Charlotte Hornets. Rozier, whom the Miami Heat waived last month, devised a “predetermined bribe arrangement” with other people, including co-defendants Marves Fairley and De’Niro Laster, to withdraw from the game so lucrative wagers could be placed, according to the superseding indictment. However, not all of the bets on Rozier’s performance were successful, because he performed better than anticipated, collecting four rebounds during the game. As a result, following the game, Rozier’s bribe dipped to $70,000, federal prosecutors said. “The superseding indictment just confirms that our motion to dismiss was righteous — new charges, new theories, but all just an effort to make something stick,” said Jim Trusty, an attorney for Rozier. Earlier Thursday, Fairley pleaded guilty to two counts in the NBA gambling case, admitting in court that he paid a “player to change their game performance to...