Jontay Porter, The former Raptors player, banned for life by the NBA for betting, pleaded guilty yesterday to his scandal, for which he was tried yesterday in New York. Porter, brother of the Nuggets player Michael Porter Jr, He forced his retirement last season from playing Raptors games to facilitate certain bets. He even went so far as to bet against his own team.
“I know what I did was wrong, it was illegal and I am deeply sorry,” Porter, who is addicted to gambling to the point that he had to get involved in the scandal “to get out of huge gambling debts,” said in the report collected by ESPN.
Porter, who also faces a criminal investigation in Canada, is free on bail. $250,000 and his sentence in the United States will be announced on December 18. The prosecution estimates that he could be sentenced to between three and a half years in prison and just over four years. The most that Jontay Porter faces is 20 years in prison.
Porter, who earned $410,000, won $54,000 in bets
The pivot of 24 years benefited from part of the profits of those who bet on his statistics. Between January and March of this year, Porter, with a salary of $410,000 Last season, he reportedly earned about $54,000.
In one of the games in which he tried to favor certain bets, against the Clippers at the end of January, the center only played four minutes, recording three rebounds and one assist, before leaving the game due to the aggravation of an eye injury.
Jontay Porter told the judge yesterday that he was in rehab for a problem with alcohol. gambling addiction and was still undergoing therapy.
Porter went undrafted in 2019 and in the 20-21 season he signed with the Memphis Grizzlieswith whom he played 11 games. The center then had a stint in the G-League, playing with the Milwaukee Bucks’ affiliate team, the Wisconsin Herd, and the Detroit Pistons’ affiliate team, the Motor City Cruise.
Michael Porter Jr., one of Jontay Porter’s brothers
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Los Raptors They gave to the brother of Michael Porter Jr. the opportunity to play in the NBA in December 2023, signing him to a two-way contract, whereby players are between the NBA team and the G-League team. The center played 26 games, averaging 4.4 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.3 assists in 14 minutes.
However, ESPN made public the scandal of a Porter who began to be investigated by the NBA, which imposed a lifetime ban on the player in April. Jontay Porter is not the only one of the Porter brothers in trouble, as Try He was sentenced to six months in prison a few days later for causing an accident that ended the life of a woman and Jevon He was arrested in May for drunk driving and speeding.
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2024-07-11 05:50:29
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