The NBA and Charlotte Hornets told federal prosecutors they prefer veteran NBA guard Terry Rozier to be prohibited from being in contact with current and prior members of the Hornets while he remains out on bond and awaits trial on four federal charges stemming from a federal investigation into NBA gambling and insider information trading.Last week, a federal judge had 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 it prevented Rozier from possibly playing again in the NBA. An attorney for the US 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 again because he could not take the court against the Hornets while they remained on the no-contact list 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.
Terry Rozier to stay in no contact with Hornets, others while out on bond, awaiting trial
Federal prosecutors said that Rozier has already texted one person on the list of people he is not allowed to contact.
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