Charges of fraud and theft against longtime NBA player Marcus Morris were dismissed Wednesday after he paid off his debts to two Las Vegas casinos, according to Caroline Bleakley of television station KLAS.
To obtain a line of credit for gambling purposes, Morris wrote checks totaling $265K to the casinos in 2024. He was arrested last month at a South Florida airport because he didn’t have sufficient funds in his bank account to cover the checks.
Court documents state that Morris obtained $115K from MGM Grand Hotel and Casino through bad checks in May 2024 and failed to reimburse the casino after the checks bounced. The following month, he took $150K in a similar fashion from the Wynn Las Vegas Hotel and Casino. There were two…