前NBA球员Malik Beasley就联邦赌博案谈认罪协议：律师称正与司法部协商，未来几天料有方向
前NBA球员 Malik Beasley 的律师 Steve Haney 10月24日（周六）表示，Beasley 正与美国司法部就其联邦赌博案协商认罪协议，预计未来几天会有方向。Haney 以短信向美联社表示，他们正与政府协商协议，「预计未来几天会有进展方向」。据ESPN报道，法院案卷近日的一份通知显示，Beasley 已表示有意认罪；Haney 向ESPN表示，决定预计下周初作出。Beasley 目前尚未正式认罪。
Beasley 现年29岁，今年6月在纽约联邦法院被起诉，罪名包括体育竞赛贿赂、电汇欺诈共谋、诚实服务电汇欺诈共谋与洗钱共谋；他7月出庭时对全部指控不认罪。他是今夏揭开的一份起诉书中被控的六人之一，该联邦赌博调查已导致36人以上被捕。同样不认罪的还有体育经纪人 Paolo Zamorano 与前NBA球员 Ed Davis。
纽约东区联邦检察官办公室指控，Beasley 在2023-24赛季效力于 Milwaukee Bucks 期间，至少在四场比赛中故意压低或抬高自己的表现，使其低于或高于博彩公司的预期，以此让下注者获利；作为交换，下注者向他行贿，他欠 Davis 的债务也得以减少或免除。起诉书称，Beasley 在职业生涯中因赌博输掉了数百万美元。起诉书还引用了 Davis 2024年1月26日发给 Beasley 的一条短信：「打败拉斯维加斯的唯一办法就是体育博彩，其他的他们都有优势。」
Beasley 是2016年NBA选秀首轮新秀，九个赛季先后效力于 Denver Nuggets、Minnesota Timberwolves、Utah Jazz、Los Angeles Lakers、Bucks 与 Detroit Pistons，共出场578场、场均11.7分，职业生涯收入近6000万美元。他最后一次出现在NBA是2024-25赛季效力于 Pistons。案件后续进展，包括他是否正式变更答辩，有待法院下一步安排。
来源：GSM据美联社、路透社（Field Level Media）报道综合。
Former NBA Player Malik Beasley Negotiating Plea Deal in Federal Gambling Case: Attorney Expects Direction in Coming Days
Steve Haney, attorney for former NBA player Malik Beasley, said on Saturday, October 24, that Beasley is negotiating a plea agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice in his federal gambling case, with an expected direction in the coming days. Haney told The Associated Press in a text message that they were negotiating an agreement with the government 'with an expected direction in the coming days.' According to ESPN, a recent notice on the court docket indicated that Beasley intends to plead guilty, and Haney told ESPN a decision is expected early next week. Beasley has not yet formally pleaded guilty.
Beasley, 29, was indicted in June in federal court in New York on charges of bribery in sporting contests, wire fraud conspiracy, honest services wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy, and pleaded not guilty to all counts in July. He was among six people charged in an indictment unsealed this summer in a sweeping federal gambling investigation that has involved more than three dozen arrests. Sports agent Paolo Zamorano and former NBA player Ed Davis have also pleaded not guilty.
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York alleges that, while playing for the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2023-24 season, Beasley deliberately under- or over-performed bookmakers' expectations in at least four games so that bettors could profit. In exchange, the indictment says, the bettors bribed Beasley and his debts to Davis were reduced or eliminated. The indictment alleges Beasley lost millions of dollars gambling during his career, and quotes a January 26, 2024 text from Davis to Beasley: 'Only way you can beat Vegas is sports betting. Everything else they got the edge.'
A first-round pick in the 2016 NBA Draft, Beasley averaged 11.7 points in 578 games over nine seasons with the Denver Nuggets, Minnesota Timberwolves, Utah Jazz, Los Angeles Lakers, Bucks and Detroit Pistons, earning nearly $60 million. He last played in the NBA for the Pistons in the 2024-25 season. Whether he formally changes his plea awaits the court's next steps.
来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）
图片来源：图：Malik Beasley 本人资料照片（2020年1月效力于 Denver Nuggets 期间）。照片：All-Pro Reels 摄，CC BY-SA 2.0，经维基共享资源。 / File photo: Malik Beasley with the Denver Nuggets in January 2020. Photo by All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
