Terry Rozier’s legal troubles over allegations he was involved in an illegal sports betting scheme just escalated.
Federal prosecutors added two new counts against Rozier—including the anticipated allegation that he took a bribe—in a superseding indictment made public Thursday. The other new count is “honest services wire fraud conspiracy,” making it four total counts against Rozier in the sprawling gambling scandal that first exploded in October. The others are conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering.
The superseding indictment includes no new games in which Rozier is accused of point shaving or taking himself out early. The new information all relates to the same game that was included in the original indictment, a March 23, 2023, matchup in which the Hornets lost to the Pelicans 115-96.
Rozier, on the Hornets at the time, was previously accused of informing his childhood friend, Deniro Laster, that he would pretend to be hurt and “prematurely remove himself from the game in the first quarter.” Laster, also a defendant, was accused of selling that information to multiple co-conspirators, who bet the under on multiple Rozier statistics for about $100,000.
