Gilbert Arenas found himself trending again after rumors swirled that he snitched on Chauncey Billups and Terry Rozier in the ongoing NBA gambling saga. And let’s just say, Gilbert was not having it.
According to internet folks, Arenas was supposedly the “inside man” feeding the feds info on who was betting, where, and how deep the hole went. But before Twitter folks could even finish the consuming the rumors, Arenas jumped online to set the record straight!
Snitches get Stitches.
Arenas insists he’s got nothing to do with the Billups-Rozier mess and that he did not snitch on them.
Now do you believe Gilbert Arenas didn’t snitch?
Rozier, Billups and Jones were all charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering conspiracy. They have since issued denials through their respective attorneys.
Arenas trolled the three NBA figures by appearing on his podcast, Gil’s Arena, carrying a paper bag marked ‘informant lunch.’ He then joked: ‘I didn’t get to eat it over there, I was talking too much… the Blazers wasn’t gonna win anyway, the last thing they needed was their coach!’
Back in July, Arenas was arrested on suspicion of running an illegal underground gambling ring. He denied the charges and later declared: ‘I’m snitching’
But the 43-year-old now insists he was talking about his case not this FBI probe. ‘There is one thing I do: troll. Tell on somebody? I don’t do that,’ he said.
‘C’mon man, why y’all putting me in something like this?’ Arenas continued on a separate livestream. ‘This is a whole different level.’
He said: ‘I know I’m the one who said I would tell – [I meant] on my case. I don’t know what this has to do with my case. I don’t think you just walk around telling on cases you don’t know about… my case is different. I don’t know what my case has to do with [this].
‘That’s gambling and giving information on NBA games. How does that have to do with me?’
Arenas insisted the FBI case is a ‘whole different breed’ to his investigation. ‘Common sense is common sense,’ he added. ‘I’m sorry y’all.’
Rozier and Jones have been charged on suspicion of turning professional basketball into a criminal sports betting operation. According to the indictment, Rozier and other defendants ‘had access to private information known by NBA players or NBA coaches’ that was likely to affect the outcome of games or players’ performances.
It is alleged they provided that information to other co-conspirators in exchange for either a flat fee or a share of the betting profits.
Somebody get this man a podcast, wait, he’s already got one!
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