Ex-NBA Player Jontay Porter Admits to Rigging Games for Betting Scheme
Porter faces significant prison time after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in a federal court.
- Jontay Porter, 24, admitted to manipulating games to settle gambling debts.
- Porter has been banned from the NBA for life and faces 41-51 months in prison.
- He posted a $250,000 bond and is scheduled for sentencing on December 18.
- Four other men are implicated in the scheme, which netted them over $1 million.
- Porter is undergoing therapy for a gambling addiction.
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