Overview
- Arenas said on a Playback livestream that he had nothing to do with the FBI arrests of Billups and Rozier, calling those cases “a whole different level.”
- He reiterated that any cooperation he mentioned pertains only to his own case, stating, “My case is different.”
- Arenas’ joking posts, including an “informant lunch” photo, sparked public speculation that he had aided investigators.
- Billups and Rozier were taken into custody last week in separate law‑enforcement actions dubbed Operation Royal Flush and Operation Nothing But Net.
- Coverage notes prosecutors have portrayed Billups’ case as more complex with alleged organized‑crime ties and games in Las Vegas, Miami, and New York, while Arenas’ alleged games were in Los Angeles; he has pleaded not guilty to operating an illegal gambling business and lying to federal investigators.