Back in October, a string of frightening incidents involving illegal sports betting rocked the NBA world. Federal investigators got involved. Miami Heat star Terry Rozier, Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups, and former player and assistant coach Damon Jones were arrested among 31 others as part of an investigation linking them to betting and rigged poker games backed by the mafia. Although Rozier pleaded not guilty, he was waived by his NBA team.

Rozier was set to be paid $26.6 million in the last year of his $96.3 million contract. But he was placed on unpaid leave immediately after his arrest. The NBA player has been subsequently charged with two new felony counts after a grand jury approved a superseding indictment in Brooklyn federal court on Thursday. He is also now accused of sports bribery and honest services fraud, in addition to the two wire fraud charges he has faced since October.

“Federal prosecutors allege Terry Rozier agreed to a $100,000 bribe in order to manipulate his performance in an NBA game as part of a gambling scheme,” according to ESPN. The new report claims that the then-Hornets guard shared information with co-defendant Deniro Laster about a possible early exit. And this actually transpired on the court as Rozier left the game with a sore right foot on March 23, 2023.

“Laster shared the information with multiple bettors, who then placed more than $258,700 in wagers on the under on Rozier’s various statistics,” the report mentioned. “Rozier played just over nine minutes before coming out of the game. He finished with five points, four rebounds and two assists, resulting in most of the bets winning. Rozier agreed to reduce the alleged bribe to $70,000 after the game because his four rebounds caused some of the bets to lose, according to the indictment.”

Laster was charged in October as well and pleaded not guilty.

In November last year, reports confirmed that a bettor reportedly placed $14,000 on Rozier’s unders. But the latter, who is currently out on a $3 million bond, asked the federal judge overseeing the case, LaShann DeArcy Hall, to dismiss the charges against him.

The judge heard arguments from Jim Trusty (Rozier’s attorney) and government attorneys late last month. Trusty argued that the court should dismiss the charges against Rozier because the government was using a legal theory to prosecute fraud charges that had been abrogated by the United States Supreme Court in its 2023 decision in Ciminelli v. United States.

“There are some desperate men in this case with terrible criminal records and tons of exposure, and they know what to say to please these prosecutors,” Trusty said Thursday.

“The superseding indictment just confirms that our motion to dismiss was righteous — new charges, new theories, but all just a sad effort to make something stick,” Trusty told ESPN.

But now the problem for Rozier, his client, appears to have increased.

Two people, including a former NBA player and an assistant coach, pleaded guilty…

Former NBA player and assistant coach Damon Jones was the first of 30+ defendants charged to plead guilty. Mike Vorkunov of The Athletic reported that Jones was LeBron James’ personal shooting coach and used that connection to sell information. It was on the morning of the Lakers’ February 9, 2023, game against the Bucks that Bron’s absence became key information. The Lakers’ star was not ruled out at the time, but then did not play due to ankle soreness.

Thus, the bettors roughly placed a $100,000 wager on the Lakers to lose. Marves Fairley, one of the accused who used this information, also pleaded guilty separately on Thursday. “I agreed to pay a player to change their game performance,” Fairley said. And while he did not name a player, the federal prosecutor later stated that the player in question is Terry Rozier.

The self-proclaimed “gambling guru” pleaded guilty to seven federal felony counts for orchestrating massive illegal sports gambling and bribery schemes across the NBA, NCAA, and international leagues. His sentence could range from 8 to 10 years in prison, and he also agreed to pay $676,700.

Eric Siegle, Fairley’s attorney, released a statement Thursday, saying his client takes “full responsibility for his conduct.”

“Marves deeply regrets and is ashamed of his conduct,” Siegle said. “He is especially sorry to his family, friends, and others who rely upon him, who he has let down.”

Damon Jones also admitted that he was involved in a rigged poker game ring, leading to the string of arrests, including that of former Blazers coach Chauncey Billups, who has maintained his innocence. But six men charged in the same poker case alongside him have pleaded guilty or told the court that they intend to change their plea.