Stunning new details reveal texts Jontay Porter allegedly sent bettors during Raptors games
NY Post
Stunning new details emerged about Jontay Porter’s betting scandal.
Porter, the disgraced ex-NBA player, is banned from the league for life after an investigation found that he violated gambling rules by disclosing confidential information to sports bettors, limiting his participation in games for betting purposes and himself betting on games while with the Raptors last year.
But another individual, Shane Hennen, was arrested on Sunday in connection to Porter, according to the federal court filing obtained by The Post, which shed more light on just how involved Porter was.
During multiple Raptors games, according to the court filing, Porter was texting alleged coconspirators, who then sent screenshots of Porter’s texts to Hennen.
Porter, 25, gave the coconspirators information about his playing status and availability during the Raptors-Grizzlies game on Jan. 22, 2024, in at least four text messages, according to the filing.
Porter sustained a purported eye injury in the game.
There were times Sunday afternoon when the Knicks tried their mightiest to counteract the space-time continuum, moments when it seemed they were trying to batter the Bucks so ferociously that somehow they could turn the clock back two days and try to figure out how to reverse the bludgeoning they’d received from the Thunder on Friday.