Before being waived by the Heat earlier this month, veteran guard Terry Rozier spent most of the 2025/26 season on leave after being one of several individuals connected with the NBA arrested in October in relation to a federal gambling probe.
It now appears his efforts to clear his name and return to the NBA will face another hurdle, as The Athletic’s Mike Vorkunov reports that federal prosecutors intend to bring new federal charges against the former Heat guard, alleging that he solicited and accepted a bribe. This could create a superseding indictment that adds the two new federal charges – sports bribery and honest services fraud – to the two he is already facing, as Vorkunov explains.
Prosecutors claim that the NBA and the Hornets, with whom Rozier played during the time period in question, are victims of the guard, who “deprived” them of his “honest services,” Vorkunov adds (Twitter link). A grand jury will hear the new charges, which were revealed on Monday before a federal judge.
Rozier’s attorney, Jim Trusty, who wants the court to dismiss the case, said that he was informed of those new charges just two hours prior to Monday’s hearing, Vorkunov writes.
Word broke back in January 2025 that federal prosecutors in New York were investigating Rozier as part of a probe into illegal sports betting. Investigators were specifically looking at a game that took place on March 23, 2023.
Ahead of that game, one bettor reportedly placed 30 wagers in 46 minutes on the “unders” on Rozier-related prop bets at a casino in Biloxi, Mississippi, raising alarms about potential suspicious activity. At the same time, there was a rush on multiple sportsbooks in New Orleans of under bets on Rozier props. Sportsbooks and the NBA were alerted, and some books stopped taking bets related to Rozier’s performance that day.
After recording five points, four rebounds and two assists in 9:34 of action in the first quarter, Rozier exited the game during a timeout and didn’t return, citing a foot issue. All 30 of those “under” prop bets won as a result of the abbreviated outing, and Rozier didn’t play the final eight games of the 2022/23 season due to the injury.
I’m just glad he’s not a Celtic anymore.
Was that wrong? Should he not have done that?
LOL
Was there a cleaning lady involved?
If he only knew that sort of thing was frowned upon when he first started there
30 bets??? Seriously are they that dumb to want to get caught. Obviousl;y amateurs to draw that much attention to themselves.
T-Rock had potential hate to see this happen.
Now how old is the bus driver