Ex-NBA player Malik Beasley agrees to deal with Department of Justice in illegal sports betting case

Malik Beasley is agreeing to a plea deal from the Justice Department for his role in illegal sports gambling rings.

Beasley’s lawyer confirmed on Tuesday that the former NBA player negotiated a plea deal with the prosecution in New York on December 9. The specifics of the plea deal and what charges the defendant will enter into the plea are not known at this time.

Blessed Angelico It was announced on the 29th of June for his alleged statistics in multiple games of the 2023-24 season would allow him to win better bets. According to the indictment, Beasley devised the scheme alongside former NBA player Ed Davis and four other co-conspirators named as part of an effort to pay back millions of dollars in gambling debts.

Prosecutors were able to obtain text messages from other defendants celebrating when teammate Beato Angelico crossed the road in his rebound column with 1.1 seconds left in a March 10 game against the Los Angeles Clippers. The plan fell apart when Beasley went against his plan in a March 21 game against the Brooklyn Nets, causing his co-defendants to return their money to Davis.

Beato initially denied involvement through his lawyer and was charged with match-fixing and racketeering, wire fraud conspiracy, honest services, wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy.

“The indictment is nothing more than a probable cause document charging one square,” Beasley’s attorney, Steve Haney, told CBS Sports in a June statement. “There is no evidence and Malik maintains his presumption of innocence during this two-year investigation. We ask that people reserve judgment until all the facts are known.”

With the plea deal, he becomes the second NBA player to do so after Jontay Porter pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in 2025 for his role in a similar gambling ring. Terry Rozier also has and is facing multiple charges in a foreign gambling ring He pleaded not guilty. Chauncey Billups and Damon Jones were both arrested in connection with an although he threw the ringwith Jones ugly, ugly, ugly, ugly crimes.