After entering a not guilty plea on Wednesday to accusations that he changed his play in specific games in 2024 to benefit sports bettors and reduce his own debts, Malik Beasley‘s attorney stated that the accused former NBA player “wants to move on with his life.”
Beasley, the latest prominent name caught up in a sweeping federal gambling investigation, said little at his appearance in Brooklyn federal court. He answered a judge’s queries with “yes, your honor” but let his lawyer, Jason Goldman, enter his plea on his behalf. Goldman said:
“He looks forward to fighting. He’s fought every day”. “He’s presumed innocent and that has to mean something still, obviously.”
He stood quietly as Goldman spoke to reporters outside the courthouse. Beasley missed the most recent season because he was under investigation. He was seen playing for a team of Bad Bunny.
Beasley, 29, and sports agent Paolo Zamorano, who also pleaded not guilty on Wednesday, were among six people indicted in an indictment revealed this week.
They are the most recent defendants in a gambling sweep that has resulted in over thirty arrests, including Basketball Hall of Famer Chauncey Billups, who was charged with plotting to rig high-stakes poker games, and former Miami Heat player Terry Rozier, who was accused of plotting with friends to help them win bets.
