{"id":4693,"date":"2026-07-01T23:06:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T23:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=4693"},"modified":"2026-07-01T23:06:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T23:06:29","slug":"former-nba-star-malik-beasley-pleads-not-guilty-to-gambling-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=4693","title":{"rendered":"Former NBA star Malik Beasley pleads not guilty to gambling charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Malik Beasley\u2019s lawyer said the indicted former NBA star \u201cwants to move on with his life\u201d after pleading not guilty Wednesday to charges that he altered his play in certain games in 2024 to enrich sports bettors and ease his own debts.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=4691\">Ohio judge to make ruling next week in lawsuit against NCAA regarding age-eligibility rule<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Beasley, the latest big name caught up in a sweeping federal gambling investigation, said little at his arraignment in Brooklyn federal court. He answered a judge\u2019s questions with \u201cyes, your honor\u201d but let his lawyer, Jason Goldman, enter his plea on his behalf.<\/p>\n<p>Afterward, the 6-foot-4 (1.92 meter) shooting guard stood quietly as Goldman spoke to reporters outside the courthouse, demurring when one asked if he had anything to say to his fans. Beasley, who played for six NBA teams in nine years, missed the most recent season because he was under investigation. Instead, he played for a Puerto Rican team co-owned by the rapper Bad Bunny.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe looks forward to fighting. He\u2019s fought every day,\u201d Goldman said. \u201cHe\u2019s presumed innocent and that has to mean something still, obviously.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Beasley, 29, and sports agent Paolo Zamorano, who also pleaded not guilty on Wednesday, were among six people charged in an indictment unsealed this week.<\/p>\n<p>They are the newest defendants in a gambling sweep that has netted more than three dozen arrests, including former Miami Heat star Terry Rozier, who was accused of conspiring with friends to help them win bets, and Basketball Hall of Famer Chauncey Billups, who was accused of conspiring to fix high-stakes poker games.<\/p>\n<p>Zamorano, 39, formerly represented another co-defendant, ex-NBA player Ed Davis, who had loaned money to Beasley and is accused of acting as his \u201cgatekeeper\u201d in the alleged scheme. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe look forward to our day in court,\u201d Zamorano\u2019s lawyer, Kenneth Breen, told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>Beasley and Zamorano were both released on bond. They\u2019re due back in court for a status conference on Aug. 6.<\/p>\n<p>Beasley is accused of fixing or trying to fix his performance in at least four games while playing for the Milwaukee Bucks in 2024 by under or overperforming bookmakers\u2019 expectations. In exchange, the indictment said, the bettors bribed Beasley and his debts to Davis were reduced or eliminated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnly way you can beat Vegas is sports betting,\u201d Davis told Beasley in a Jan. 26, 2024, text message, according to the indictment. \u201cEverything else they got the edge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=4689\">Senegal and Belgium head to extra time at World Cup at 2-2 after Lukaku and Tielemans score late<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In one example, according to the indictment, Beasley told Davis that he would try to outperform the 3.5 line that sportsbooks had set for his rebound total in Milwaukee\u2019s game against the Los Angeles Clippers on March 10, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>With a second left, and the Bucks up by seven points, Beasley challenged a Clippers shot and dashed past four players to grab his fourth rebound and securing a win for the bettors as the horn sounded.<\/p>\n<p>One bettor made a $3,252 profit on a $2,838 wager, the indictment said, and another made a $2,107 profit on wagers totaling $2,400. Other bettors missed out and lost money, mistakenly placing wagers on Beasley to underperform the rebound total because of an apparent miscommunication, the indictment said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s funny is after he got it he had a big sigh of relief,\u201d a co-conspirator said in a text message, according to the indictment.<\/p>\n<p>Beasley borrowed money from Davis, a former teammate, after racking up millions of dollars in gambling losses. His widely reported financial problems include disputes with a Detroit landlord, a Milwaukee barber and a Minnesota dentist. A 2025 lawsuit from a sports marketing agency resulted in a $1 million default judgment against him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a bigger conversation here about the industry, about individuals and institutions that are profiting billions and billions of dollars and fueling the addiction,\u201d Goldman said.<\/p>\n<p>Beasley has been aware of the investigation for about a year, Assistant U.S. Attorney Benjamin Weintraub said. <\/p>\n<p>He last played in the NBA for the Detroit Pistons on a one-year, $6 million contract in the 2024-2025 season. He averaged 16 points per game and scored 20 in his last game, a playoff loss to the New York Knicks. He is one of five players in NBA history with more than 300 three-pointers in a season.<\/p>\n<p>Beasley\u2019s release was secured by his parents, actors Michael and Deena Beasley, who joined the arraignment by phone from their home in Georgia. Stone-faced for most of the hourlong proceeding, Beasley laughed at his mother\u2019s answer to Magistrate Judge Taryn Merkl\u2019s question about how often they talk to each other.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI probably call him every day. He might not answer every day,\u201d Deena Beasley said, prompting chuckles in the courtroom. \u201cIf I call him six times a week, he\u2019ll answer five times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=4687\">Venezuelan medics fear earthquake aftermath will trigger widening medical crisis<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Malik Beasley\u2019s lawyer said the indicted former NBA star \u201cwants to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4692,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Former NBA star Malik Beasley pleads not guilty to gambling charges - 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