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It looks like Jontay Porter might have to explain his performance on the court. The NBA is investigating him over gambling activity connected to his play.
The Score is reporting that the Toronto Raptors player is now at the center of a new probe being conducted by the National Basketball Association. According to ESPN the league has identified multiple betting irregularities over the last couple of months that are linked to him. Proposition bets, better known as prop bets, are wagers not tied to the final outcome or score of a game but outcomes within the game including will a certain player surpass the over under for points.
The occurrences specifically under questioning are two games. On January 26 against the Los Angeles Clippers his props were set to 5.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and assists. That outing he only played a little over four minutes before leaving due to a nagging eye injury. On March 20 against the Sacramento Kings he only played two minutes before excusing himself to an illness. That day he only put up two rebounds but his prop bets were set at 7.5 points and 5.5 rebounds. After those games DraftKings Sportsbook announced that Jontay Porter had produced the most winnings compared to the previous night.
“We have no comment on this story,” a DraftKings spokesman said in a statement to The Athletic. “In general, it is important to note that one of the many benefits of legal and regulated sports betting is that sports betting operators identify and report suspicious activity and the integrity of sport is therefore protected in a manner that does not exist in the illegal market.” The Toronto Raptors have declined to comment on the matter while an NBA spokesperson has told ESPN “We’re looking into it.”
Jontay Porter has not suited up for the Raptors in the last two games citing personal reasons. The NBA forbids players, officials and employees from making wagers on the league.
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A Prince George’s County police officer is the subject of an investigation after video of him getting in the backseat of a cruiser with another woman went wide on social media. Prince George’s County Police Department officials released a statement regarding the situation, which is still developing.
As seen on local news outlet WTOP, Prince George’s County police shared the officer’s name, Cpl. Francesco Marlett. The department says it has launched an internal investigation into the matter but hasn’t offered any precise details to the public.
“PGPD Executive Command is aware of a video circulating on social media with one of our officers, the department shared via its @PGPDNews account on X, formerly known as Twitter. “As soon as we became aware earlier today, we opened an investigation to determine the circumstances. Additional information will be released once investigated and confirmed.”
The video in question first started to bubble on TikTok before spreading across other social media hubs. The man who took the video also spoke publicly about the matter
“I couldn’t believe what I was recording because it’s not something that you see every day, a cop going to the back of a patrol car in the uniform to do…I don’t know what,” Nelson Ochoa, the Clinton, Maryland, man who took the video, said in a statement. “It was a public park with kids running around.”
The incident occurred on Monday (Sept. 4) at a park in Oxon Hill, Md., a nearby suburb of Washington, D.C.
The outlet reached out to the Fraternal Order of Police in Prince George’s County and a union rep asked for privacy and patience on behalf of Cpl. Marlett.
“We ask that our officer be given the same consideration that any other person would ask for in that you reserve judgment until all of the facts are known and the videos are put into context,” the police union said to WTOP.
Some online have noted that police officers aren’t allowed to have civilians inside their service vehicles for reasons outside an arrest or transport.
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