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NBA veteran Terry Rozier has asked a federal judge in New York to dismiss two of the four charges he faces in an alleged sports gambling scheme, according to a Friday court filing.
Rozier is seeking dismissal of the bribery in sporting contests and honest services wire fraud conspiracy counts that were added in a superseding indictment in May. He has pleaded not guilty.
His attorney, David Markus, argued that a text exchange with alleged co-conspirator Deniro Laster undercuts the claim that Rozier agreed to manipulate his play or knew anyone was betting on his statistics in a March 23, 2023 game while he was with the Charlotte Hornets.
In the filing, Laster allegedly wrote, “Dont tell chum bout the bet,” with “Chum” identified by Markus as Rozier’s nickname. The reply in the filing was, “Hell no.” Markus argued: “One does not hide a bet from the person who supposedly sold it.”
Prosecutors disputed that reading in their own filing, saying they had “developed evidence from multiple sources that this text chain does not relate to sports gambling.”
Rozier was arrested in October 2025 and initially charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering. In May, prosecutors added two more charges and accused him of agreeing to a $100,000 bribe. Friday’s motion asks the court to throw out those later-added counts.
Rozier also asked that the case be moved from the Eastern District of New York to the Southern District of Florida.
The case remains in the pretrial stage. Two other defendants, Damon Jones and Marves Fairley, have pleaded guilty to multiple charges. Rozier’s trial is scheduled for next February.
For New York readers, the immediate point to watch is procedural: whether the federal court in Brooklyn leaves all four counts in place and whether it keeps the case in New York. Those rulings would shape how the betting-integrity case proceeds before trial.
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Source: As reported by Agence France-Presse.
