Ex-NBA players Malik Beasley, Ed Davis indicted in gambling case - ESPN

Former NBA players Malik Beasley and Ed Davis and an NBA agent are among six defendants indicted Monday on charges related to an alleged sports gambling scheme that targeted at least four games during the 2023-24 season, according to a federal indictment released Monday.

Davis and co-defendants Rob Gorodetsky, Ernesto Plascencia and William Brown were arrested Monday, according to a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York. Beasley and defendant Paolo Zamorano, who was Davis' agent, were not in custody as of Monday morning.

Steve Haney, Beasley's attorney, said that they have coordinated with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the ex-player to voluntarily surrender this week.

«An indictment is not proof of guilt or evidence. It is merely a charge of probable cause,» Haney said in a statement to ESPN. «The investigation was a year and a half long and we maintain Malik's innocence of all charges.»

According to the indictment, Beasley lost millions of dollars gambling during his nine-year NBA career. He agreed to manipulate his statistics ahead of at least four games during the 2023-24 season while he was with the Milwaukee Bucks so that the co-conspirators could wager on the stats, according to the indictment.

The indictment included examples of wagers totaling to more than $75,000 with net winnings of at least $121,000.

Beasley received bribes from co-conspirators, often used to reduce or pay off debts he owed Davis, prosecutors allege in the indictment. The two were teammates on the Minnesota Timberwolves during the 2020-21 season. Davis was known in the scheme as Beasley's «gatekeeper,» prosecutors allege.

«Only way you can beat Vegas is sports betting,» Davis texted Beasley in