Court papers indicate former Raptors player Jontay Porter will be charged with a federal felony connected to the betting scandal that spurred the NBA to ban him.
Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn filed what's known as a criminal information sheet Tuesday. The document doesn't specify a court date or the charge or charges, but it does show the case is related to an existing prosecution of four men charged with scheming to cash in on tips from a player about his plans to exit two games early.
The complaint identified the athlete only as"Player 1," but details -- and even a quote from an NBA news release -- matched up with the league's probe into Porter.
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