Terry Rozier Investigation Timeline: From Initial Reports To Gambling Arrest

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Heat defender Terry Rozier was arrested Thursday morning arsenic portion of an FBI investigation into an forbidden sports gambling ring, but reports of his purported engagement agelong backmost to nan opening of nan year.

Here is simply a look astatine everything we cognize truthful far:

On March 23, 2023, U.S. Integrity, a patient that monitors betting markets for suspicious activity, notified sportsbooks and nan NBA that an different influx of wagers involving Rozier were coming successful up of nan Hornets' crippled vs. nan Pelicans, bets that progressive nan then-Charlotte defender hitting nan nether connected definite stat totals, for illustration points aliases rebounds. Some sportsbooks reportedly stopped accepting bets connected Rozier arsenic a result.

That night, Rozier would suit up for nan contest, but grounds conscionable 5 points and 4 rebounds successful astir 10 minutes played earlier exiting nan crippled pinch a ft injury. At nan time, he had been averaging 35 minutes and 21 points per game, per The Wall Street Journal. This was nan past title he would play that season.

In January 2024, nan Hornets would waste and acquisition Rozier to nan Heat.

January 2025: Reports emerge

In January of this year, it was reported that Rozier was nether investigation by national prosecutors—as portion of nan aforesaid probe that led to nan lifetime prohibition of Raptors subordinate Jontay Porter—for alleged ties to an forbidden sports betting scheme. The accusations were connected to nan different betting activity surrounding Rozier for that 2023 crippled vs. nan Pelicans.

In a statement, nan NBA said that it recovered nary usurpation of convention rules itself, but was cooperating pinch nan investigation.

“In March 2023, nan NBA was alerted to different betting activity related to Terry Rozier’s capacity successful a crippled betwixt Charlotte and New Orleans,” NBA spokesperson Mike Bass said successful a statement. “The convention conducted an investigation and did not find a usurpation of NBA rules. We are now alert of an investigation by nan U.S. Attorney’s Office for nan Eastern District of New York related to this matter and person been cooperating pinch that investigation.”

“We are alert of nan NBA’s 2023 investigation which wished location was perfectly nary wrongdoing by Mr. Rozier and we are assured that nan on-going [sic] authorities investigation will get astatine nan nonstop aforesaid conclusion,” added Jim Trusty, an lawyer for Rozier.

Roughly six months later, NBA insider Chris Haynes reported that Rozier was still nether investigation successful nan aforesaid probe.

Oct. 22, 2025: Heat play opener

The Heat mislaid 125–121 to nan Magic successful their play opener connected Wednesday night. Rozier did not play owed to a coach's decision.

On Oct. 23, 2025, Rozier was arrested successful relationship pinch nan FBI's gambling investigation.

"We person represented Terry Rozier for complete a year. A agelong clip agone we reached retired to these prosecutors to show them we should person an unfastened statement of communication. They characterized Terry arsenic a subject, not a target, but astatine 6 a.m. this greeting they called to show maine FBI agents were trying to apprehension him successful a hotel," Rozier's lawyer said successful a connection on Thursday.

"It is unfortunate that alternatively of allowing him to aforesaid surrender they opted for a photograph op. They wanted nan misplaced glory of embarrassing a master jock pinch a perp walk. That tells you a batch astir nan motivations successful this case. They look to beryllium taking nan connection of spectacularly in-credible sources alternatively than relying connected existent grounds of wrongdoing. Terry was cleared by nan NBA and these prosecutors revived that non-case. Terry is not a gambler, but he is not acrophobic of a fight, and he looks guardant to winning this fight."

Also connected Thursday, Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups was arrested successful relationship pinch an forbidden poker cognition successful a abstracted but related case, per ABC News. Former NBA subordinate and coach Damon Jones was charged Thursday successful an forbidden gambling case, arsenic well.