Malik Beasley agrees to plead guilty for role in gambling scandal in about-face

Veteran NBA guard Malik Beasley has reversed course and agreed to plead guilty to federal charges after being indicted for fixing performances in a sports betting scheme, his attorney, Steve Haney, confirmed to multiple outlets.Beasley, 29, pled not guilty on July 1 but in recent days was negotiating a plea agreement with the Department of Justice.He’s set to officially change his plea on Dec.

9 in Brooklyn.Beasley, who lost millions of dollars gambling and borrowed money from former NBAer Ed Davis, was accused of working with bettors to manipulate his performance in at least four games while playing for the Bucks in 2024 in an attempt to pare down his debt.A first-round pick by Denver in 2016 out of Florida State, Beasley has jumped around between the Nuggets, Timberwolves, Jazz, Lakers, Bucks and Pistons, the last team he played for in 2024-25, when he finished second in the Sixth Man of the Year voting.He averaged 16.3 points per game that season.Beasley, whose career earnings are just shy of $60 million, played earlier this year for the Santurce Crabbers, a team owned by Bad Bunny in the Puerto Rican Baloncesto Superior Nacional.He was in talks to return to Detroit on a three-year, $42 million contract before he was initially the subject of a federal gambling probe in 2025.In 2024, the NBA banned former Raptors player Jontay Porter for life after limiting his participation in a game as part of a betting scheme.

He also bet on NBA games.Terry Rozier is set for trial in February after he was accused of removing himself from a game as part of a betting scheme....