Холбооны прокурорууд Терри Розиерыг Шарлотт Хорнэтс багийн гишүүдтэй харилцахыг хориглосон шийдвэрийг хэвээр үлдээх нь зүйтэй гэж үзэж байгаагаа NBA-д илэрхийлжээ.
NBA болон холбооны прокурорууд Терри Розиерыг барьцаагаар суллагдсан хугацаандаа Шарлотт Хорнэтс багийн одоогийн болон хуучин гишүүдтэй холбоо тогтоохыг хориглосон шийдвэрийг үргэлжлүүлэх хүсэлтэй байна. Өнгөрсөн долоо хоногт шүүгч ЛаШанн ДеАрси Холл уг хоригийг цуцлах эсэхийг хэлэлцэх үеэр лигийн байр суурийг тодруулсан бөгөөд NBA-ийн зүгээс уг хязгаарлалтыг хэвээр үлдээхийг дэмжсэн байна. Прокурорын зүгээс Розиерыг тоглолтын үеэр гэрчүүдтэй харилцах эрсдэлтэй хэмээн үзэж байгаа юм.
Розиерын өмгөөлөгч Жим Трусти энэхүү хориг нь түүнийг Шарлотт Хорнэтс багийн эсрэг тоглох боломжгүй болгож, NBA-д эргэн ирэх замд нь саад болж байна хэмээн мэдэгдлээ. Тэрээр лигийг гэм буруугүйн зарчмыг үл хүндэтгэж, Розиерыг тоглох эрхгүй болгохыг оролдож байна хэмээн шүүмжилсэн юм. Мөн уг хязгаарлалтын улмаас Розиер 2025-26 оны улирлын 26.6 сая долларын цалингийн ихэнх хэсгийг авч чадаагүй болох нь арбитрийн шийдвэрээр тодорхой болжээ.
Розиер нь NBA-ийн тоглолт болон тоглогчдын талаарх дотоод мэдээллийг ашиглан хууль бус мөрийтэй тоглоомын схемд оролцсон хэргээр өнгөрсөн аравдугаар сард баривчлагдсан юм. Түүнийг 2023 оны гуравдугаар сард болсон тоглолтын үеэр 100,000 долларын хахууль авч, өөрийн үзүүлэлтүүд дээр мөрий тавиулах зорилгоор талбайгаас эрт гарсан хэмээн буруутгаж байна. Шүүх хурал 2027 оны хоёрдугаар сард эхлэх төлөвтэй байгаа бөгөөд Розиер өөрт тулгарсан бүх ялыг үгүйсгэж байна.
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The NBA and Charlotte Hornets told federal prosecutors they prefer veteran guard Terry Rozier continue to be prohibited from contacting current and former members of the Hornets while he remains out on bond and awaiting trial on four charges stemming from a federal investigation into alleged NBA gambling and insider information trading.
Last week, a federal judge asked the league to weigh in as she contemplated whether to remove those bond restrictions at the request of Rozier and his lawyer, who claimed that they prevented Rozier from potentially playing in the NBA again. An attorney for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York told Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall in a legal filing Monday that the NBA supported their desire to keep the current terms in place.
Jim Trusty, Rozier’s lawyer, said that would prevent Rozier from resuming his NBA career because he could not take the court against the Hornets while they remained on the no-contact list that federal prosecutors set. That list includes current and former coaches, as well as others. The Miami Heat had also been on that no-contact list but were dropped after they waived him on April 10. The NBA told federal prosecutors that if Rozier were allowed to play in NBA games again, he could “be in a position to interact with potential witnesses in or around the arena, both before and after games,” according to a legal filing by an Eastern District attorney.
Federal prosecutors said that Rozier has already texted one person on the list of people he is not allowed to contact, and they said they have received and are investigating “credible allegations” that “at least one co-defendant, potentially acting on Mr. Rozier’s behalf, has contacted witnesses regarding the case.”
Hall has not said when she would make her ruling.
Rozier was arrested in October and charged for his alleged role in a sports gambling scheme that used insider information on NBA games and players to make money. The NBA put him on leave days after his arrest and he did not play this past season.
The 32-year-old Rozier was charged with two counts this past fall, but prosecutors added two new charges last month in a superseding indictment. They alleged that Rozier agreed to take a $100,000 payment to prematurely take himself out of a March 2023 Hornets game so that a group of gamblers could wager on his prop bets. He is now facing charges of sports bribery and honest services fraud. Rozier has pleaded not guilty to all charges. The trial is expected to begin in February 2027. Two men charged alongside him, Marves Fairley and former NBA player Damon Jones, have already pleaded guilty.
“The NBA has literally flagrantly fouled the presumption of innocence,” Trusty said last week outside the federal courthouse in Brooklyn after Rozier was arraigned on the new charges. “They should be ashamed of themselves. As you heard in the hearing today, they’re still trying to find ways to pretend they’re victims and that Terry should be prohibited from playing basketball, at least practically speaking. They are not on the side of angels in this case. They’ve made a decision to completely contradict the presumption of innocence. They never gave it to him.”
Trusty said that the bond conditions have already had consequences for Rozier with the NBA. An arbitrator ruled that Rozier should not be paid the majority of his $26.6 million salary for the 2025-26 season because he could not fulfill his NBA contract as a result of those restrictions. Rozier was in the last year of a four-year, $96.26 million salary when he was indicted.
