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Banned ex-NBA player Porter to be charged over betting scandal

By: Agence France Presse July 04,2024 - 12:45 PM

Banned ex-NBA player Porter to be charged over betting scandal. In photo is Jontay Porter #34 of the Toronto Raptors defending against Isaiah Hartenstein #55 of the New York Knicks in their January 20, 2024 in New York City. Porter, who was banned from the NBA, is set to face criminal charges over his role in a betting scandal that led to his ban in the NBA. |Photo by Sarah Stier | Getty Images via AFP

Jontay Porter #34 of the Toronto Raptors (left) defends against Isaiah Hartenstein #55 of the New York Knicks in their January 20, 2024 in New York City. Porter, who was banned from the NBA, is set to face criminal charges over his role in a betting scandal that led to his ban in the NBA. |Photo by Sarah Stier | Getty Images via AFP

Former Toronto Raptors player Jontay Porter is set to face criminal charges over his role in the betting scandal that led to his life ban from the NBA, legal filings from federal prosecutors in New York showed on Wednesday.

An “information sheet” filed in New York by Brooklyn federal prosecutors said Porter would face a felony charge in connection with the case. The filing did not indicate what exact charges Porter would face.

Four other people have already been charged in connection with the case.

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They are accused of conspiring with Porter to defraud an online sports betting company.

The defendants are alleged to have bet Porter’s playing time knowing in advance that he would exit the game early for health reasons. The scam allowed the bettors to pocket more than one million dollars.

Porter, the younger brother of Denver Nuggets star Michael Porter Jr., was banned for life from the NBA in April after a league probe found he bet on league matches.

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Porter was a largely anonymous figure in the NBA, playing just 37 games in 2020-2021 and 2023-2024 seasons.

Despite his low profile, Porter earned around $2 million during his time in the league with the Memphis Grizzlies and Toronto.

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