FILE-Terry Rozier arrives for an arraignment hearing at U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York on Dec. 8, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
Terry Rozier faces new charges from federal prosecutors related to their sports gambling case against the veteran NBA player and others involved.
The Athletic reports that a lawyer in the U.S. Attorneys Office for the Eastern District of New York said Monday that the agency plans to file a superseding indictment against Rozier, alleging that he "solicited and accepted a bribe."
Prosecutors are going to present the charges to a grand jury with prosecutors accusing Rozier of accepting a bribe, while arguing that he committed sports bribery and honest services fraud.
This news was revealed during a hearing on Monday before a federal judge in Rozier’s case. Jim Trusy, Rozier’s attorney, asked the court to dismiss the case against his client. According to The Athletic, Trusty claimed prosecutors told him two hours earlier that they intended to introduce new charges.
Rozier is already facing two federal charges related to his arrest and indictment In October 2025 stemming from a gambling operation. He was accused in a separate scheme of exploiting confidential information about players to win bets on NBA games. He pleaded not guilty to the original charges.
Prosecutors allege that Rozier told his friend, Deniro Laster, that he would exit a March 2023 game early while he was still playing for the Charlotte Hornets. Prosecutors accuse Laster of selling this information to sports gamblers, who used the information to place wagers on Rozier’s playing time.
Rozier is expected to return to court on June 10th for a status hearing on his case.
Rozier among others accused in NBA gambling investigation
Dig deeper:
Terry Rozier and five other men are facing charges tied to case in which private information on NBA players was sold and traded to sports gamblers, who subsequently placed a bet on it.
The Athletic reported that seven men were charged in the case, introduced in October 2025, but one of them, Damon Jones, an 11-year NBA veteran, has implied that he plans to plead guilty. A hearing is taking place Tuesday in which Jones will change his plea before a federal judge presiding in the case.
Jones is expected to be the first defendant in that case to plead guilty and will also plead guilty in the case brought along with the sport gambling one, where Jones and almost 30 others were charged with running a rigged poker game ring.
Chauncey Billups, a former NBA player and head coach of the Portland Trailblazers, was charged in that case as well, and he pleaded not guilty. Billups was charged with participating in a conspiracy to fix high-stakes card games tied to La Cosa Nostra organized crime families that cheated unsuspecting gamblers out of at least $7 million.
Who is Terry Rozier?
The backstory:
Terry Rozier played college basketball for Louisville and was drafted in the first round by the Boston Celtics in 2015.
Rozier later played for the Charlotte Hornets and Miami Heat. The Heat waived Rozier in early April and the NBA placed him on leave after his federal charges were made public.
He was placed on unpaid administrative leave by the NBA in October 2025 after his arrest and was ordered to stay away from the Heat. Rozier has collected his $26.6 million salary this season. Rozier has averaged 13.9 points per game in his career. He appeared in 95 games with the Heat.
The Source: Information for this story was provided by The Athletic, previous FOX Local reporting, and The Associated Press. This story was reported from Washington, D.C.