Heat’s Terry Rozier Arrested Over Fbi’s Sports Betting Investigation

Heat defender Terry Rozier was arrested early Thursday greeting astatine a edifice successful Orlando, Fla., arsenic portion of an FBI investigation into a sports gambling ring, per ESPN's Shams Charania.

FBI head Kash Patel will clasp a news convention astatine 10 a.m. ET on pinch nan Eastern District of New York to denote arrests from nan investigation.

Back successful January, it was reported Rozier was nether investigation by nan U.S. Attorney’s Office for nan Eastern District of New York for perchance cooperating successful an forbidden sports betting scheme. On March 23, 2023, while a personnel of nan Hornets, Rozier played conscionable 9 minutes and 34 seconds of crippled clip and logged conscionable 5 points, 4 rebounds and 2 individual fouls earlier leaving nan crippled pinch a ft injury.

According to Sports Illustrated’s Pat Forde and Michael Rosenberg, Rozier’s lawsuit is tied to Jontay Porter, nan erstwhile Raptors guardant who admitted to taking himself retired of games successful 2024 truthful gamblers could triumph prop bets.

The NBA recovered nary usurpation of convention rules successful its ain investigation.

Rozier, successful his 11th NBA season, did not play owed to a coach’s determination successful Miami’s season-opening 125–121 nonaccomplishment to nan Magic connected Wednesday night.

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