Terry Rozier's attorney seeks dismissal citing text from co-defendant that should 'end the case': reports

NBA subordinate Terry Rozier is getting acceptable to beryllium his innocence successful a tremendous gambling controversy, but prosecutors aren't buying it.

The defender is accused of purposely taking himself retired of a crippled portion playing for the Charlotte Hornets, truthful friends could currency successful connected bets connected his "under" propositions.

According to reports, lawyer David Markus filed a question to disregard 2 charges against Rozier. In the motion, Markus wrote that a substance sent by Rozier's person and co-defendant, Deniro Laster, showed that Rozier was unaware of immoderate bets and did not hold to immoderate benignant of fix.

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Miami Heat's Terry Rozier arrives astatine Brooklyn national tribunal successful New York connected Monday, April 27, 2026. (Yuki Iwamura/AP)

"Dont archer chum bout the bet," Laster allegedly wrote successful the March 29 text, six days aft Rozier played conscionable 9 minutes and near the crippled owed to an evident injury. Chum is Rozier's nickname, the filing noted.

The recipient responded, "Hell no," the filing said.

"This should extremity the case. One does not fell a stake from the idiosyncratic who supposedly sold it," Markus said successful the filing.

However, national prosecutors accidental they person grounds showing that the substance did not subordinate to sports gambling.

Rozier is alleged to person told Laster that helium would instrumentality himself retired of a crippled early, citing an wounded truthful Laster could spot wagers based connected the information. Neither Hornets officials nor betting companies were made alert of Rozier's plan, according to the indictment, and Rozier was not listed connected the team's wounded report.

Charlotte Hornets defender Terry Rozier (3) looks to walk against the Boston Celtics during the 2nd fractional astatine Spectrum Center. (Nell Redmond/USA Today Sports)

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Laster past allegedly sold that accusation to different co-conspirators, and galore radical placed wagers totaling astir $200,000 connected Rozier's "under" prop bets successful some parlay and consecutive wagers. After Rozier played conscionable 9 minutes and ne'er returned, the bets won. Rozier and Laster counted currency winnings astatine Rozier's location successful Charlotte astir a week later, the indictment says.

Prosecutors successful April said they sought to record superseding charges of sports bribery and honorable services ligament fraud during a hearing. Prosecutors said they had grounds that Rozier solicited and received a bribe amid the alleged gambling scheme.

Rozier was waived by the Miami Heat earlier this year.

Nearly 3 twelve radical were arrested past October successful 2 abstracted cases, 1 regarding betting connected NBA games based connected insider knowledge, and different regarding a poker ringing successful which erstwhile defender and caput manager Chauncey Billups allegedly participated successful rigged games.

Miami Heat defender Terry Rozier (2) looks connected during the 2nd fractional of an NBA hoops crippled against the Washington Wizards, Sunday, March 31, 2024, successful Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass, File)

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