Banned NBA player Jontay Porter has admitted to tipping off gamblers in the $1 million scheme that resulted in his lifetime suspension from the league.
The 24-year-old former Toronto Raptors forward pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy and will owe nearly $500,000 in fines and restitution.
Porter claims he made bets and schemed with others ‘in order to get out from under gambling debt.’
As he said in Brooklyn federal Judge James R. Cho’s courtroom on Wednesday: ‘I know what I did was wrong and…
