Former NBA participant Marcus Morris Sr. was arrested Sunday at a Florida airport on a warrant out of Nevada and is dealing with a fraud cost, the Broward County Sheriff’s Workplace confirmed to The Occasions.
In line with the reserving report, Morris was picked up at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Worldwide Airport for the felony of writing a test with inadequate funds. He was held with out bond on the Broward County predominant jail and had an extradition listening to scheduled for Monday, in keeping with the county’s Clerk of Courts web site.
Morris’ twin brother, fellow veteran NBA participant Markieff Morris, urged Sunday on X (fomerly Twitter) that the state of affairs had been overblown and that his brother would have extra to say on the matter shortly.
“The wording is crazy,” wrote Markieff Morris, who performed a handful of video games with the Lakers final season after being acquired from the Dallas Mavericks within the commerce that introduced Luka Doncic to L.A.
“Damn for that amount of money they’ll embarrass you in the airport with your family. They got y’all really thinking bro did some fraud s—. They could have came to the crib for all that. When y’all hear the real story on this s— man. All I can say is Lesson learned. Bro will tell y’all tomorrow.”
Agent Tony Noy, who represents each Morris brothers with the LAA Companions funding administration agency, reposted Markieff Morris’ submit and indicated that the cost in opposition to Marcus Morris stemmed from “an outstanding marker with a casino.”
“Just so everyone understands this is zero fraud here or whatever crap outlets have said regarding fake checks or whatever the hell,” Noy wrote. “This is due to an outstanding marker with a casino. Apparently if you have over $1,200 they can issue a warrant for your arrest. Absolute insanity!”
Noy didn’t instantly reply to messages from The Occasions.
Marcus Morris performed 11 years within the NBA, together with 4 seasons with the Clippers (2019-2023). He additionally frolicked with the Phoenix Suns, Detroit Pistons, Boston Celtics, Houston Rockets and New York Knicks and final performed for the Philadelphia 76ers and Cleveland Cavaliers in the course of the 2023-24 season.
