Former NBA guard Terry Rozier indicted on bribery charges

Former NBA guard Terry Rozier was indicted on new federal charges Thursday, accused of accepting a bribe to leave a basketball game early as part of a sports gambling conspiracy. The 32-year-old former Miami Heat and Charlotte Hornets player faces charges of bribery in sporting contests and honest services wire fraud conspiracy in a superseding indictment filed in Brooklyn federal court.

Prosecutors allege Rozier conspired with gamblers to exit a game in March 2023, citing a lower leg injury, so they could profit from bets exceeding $250,000 that his statistical performance would fall below sportsbooks' projections. According to the indictment, the scheme aimed to defraud both the sportsbooks and the NBA, including the Charlotte Hornets, the team for which Rozier was playing at the time.

The legal filing states the plan was not entirely successful because Rozier collected four rebounds, exceeding the betting line for that statistic. As a result, the indictment says, Rozier and his co-conspirators negotiated a reduction in his bribe from $100,000 to approximately $70,000.

Rozier has pleaded not guilty to previous charges of wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy...