Terry Rozier’s agent gives a statement to Pablo Torre

After the team lost to the Orlando Magic on Wednesday night, Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier has been arrested by the FBI in connection with sports gambling, as the 31-year-old had been under federal investigation for some time. Doc The NBA cleared Rozier of the violation previously, the federal government arrested today, including the Heat guard, which led to a statement from his attorney.

Rozier’s attorney, Jim Trusty, issued a statement to Pablo Torre, where he will begin by first addressing the arrest issue Thursday morning, hoping for an “open line of communication” regarding any developments. He would accuse the FBI if he wanted to “false fame shames a professional athlete.”

He would also say that Rozier is “not a gambler” and is “looking forward to winning this fight.”

“We’ve represented Terry Rozier for over a year,” Trusty said. “We reached out to these prosecutors a long time ago to tell them that we need to have an open line of communication. They characterized Terry as a subject, not a target, but this morning at 6 o’clock, they called me to say that FBI agents were trying to arrest him at the hotel. It’s a shame that instead of letting him turn himself in, they decided to take a photo.”

“They wanted lost glory to embarrass a professional athlete with a wrongdoer. That tells you a lot about the motivation in this case. They seem to be taking the word of spectacularly unbelievable sources rather than relying on actual evidence of wrongdoing. Terry was acquitted by the NBA and these prosecutors weren’t charged with it, but not as a prosecutor. He’s afraid of fighting and looking forward to winning to fight.”

The FBI arrested Terry Rozier of the Heat in connection with sports betting

Rozier said he’s ready for this heat and that the federal investigation was not a factor in his preparation for the new year, even though he has now been arrested after the opening. Shams Charania of ESPN originally reported the news, with likely more updates soon due to FBI Director Cash Patel’s press conference set for Thursday.

“Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier was arrested early Thursday as part of FBI sports betting probe, sources tell ESPN,” Charania wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “The Eastern District of New York and FBI Director Cash Patel will hold a press conference at 10 a.m. ET to announce the arrests as a result of the investigation.

In any case, it remains to be seen what will happen to Rozier regarding his arrest, as the Heat are still in the thick of their early season with their next game on Friday against the Memphis Grizzlies.