NBA player Malik Beasley’s free agency had been derailed by a federal gambling investigation. The investigation has ended, and he’s no longer under scrutiny.
Via Shams Charania of ESPN.com, Beasley’s lawyers said that prosecutors in the Eastern District of New York have determined that Beasley isn’t a target.
“Months after this investigation commenced, Malik remains uncharged and is not the target of this investigation ,” attorney Steve Haney told Charania. “An allegation with no charge, indictment or conviction should never have the catastrophic consequence this has caused Malik. This has literally been the opposite of the presumption of innocence.”
A spike in betting interest on Beasley’s statistics in January 2024 caught the attention of at least one prominent sportsbook. The odd