Former NBA player Malik Beasley has agreed to plead guilty in his federal sports betting case, his attorney, Steve Haney, told ESPN on Tuesday.
Beasley, who played nine seasons in the NBA, is scheduled to change his plea at a Dec. 9 hearing in Brooklyn. He initially pleaded not guilty to four federal charges: conspiracy to commit wire fraud, bribery in sporting contests, honest services wire fraud conspiracy and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
Haney told ESPN over the weekend that his client was in talks with prosecutors about a potential plea agreement and said Tuesday that a deal had been reached. He declined to specify the contours of the agreement.
A spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Eastern District of New York also confirmed an agreement had been reached but declined to comment on the specifics.
Beasley, 29, is one of six defendants in the case, which alleges he coordinated with sports bettors to manipulate his statistics in at least four NBA games during the 2023-24 season. In the indictment, prosecutors claimed that Beasley, who was then playing for the Milwaukee Bucks, joined the scheme after accumulating "multimillion-dollar gambling losses."
The attorney for another defendant in the case, Ernesto Plascencia, confirmed Saturday morning that he will be entering a guilty plea as well. One of the other defendants, William Brown, pleaded guilty earlier this month, while fellow sports bettor Robert Gorodetsky is slated to formally enter a guilty plea Nov. 20.
Former NBA player Ed Davis and Paolo Zamorano, who was Davis' agent, were also charged in the case and have pleaded not guilty.
ESPN's Shams Charania contributed to this report.