Overview
- Investigators from Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz requested devices and records from multiple teams, including more than 10 Lakers employees, according to league sources.
- Lakers assistant trainer Mike Mancias and executive administrator Randy Mims voluntarily provided their phones and are cooperating, and neither they nor LeBron James has been charged or named in filings.
- A league spokesman said an independent investigation began after the indictments became public and that individuals and organizations were asked to preserve documents and records.
- The internal probe is tied to federal cases naming Terry Rozier, Chauncey Billups and former Lakers staffer Damon Jones, who was arrested and pleaded not guilty on Nov. 6 in Brooklyn.
- Prosecutors allege Jones twice sold injury information related to Lakers availability on Feb. 9, 2023 and Jan. 15, 2024, and league sources say stricter injury-status reporting rules are under consideration as Congress presses for safeguards.