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When Marcus Morris was arrested at an airport last month after he allegedly committed fraud, Florida cops not only threw him handcuffs -- they wrapped his ankles in shackles too. The stunning visuals were all captured on new police video, obtained by TMZ Sports.
Charges against Marcus Morris dropped
The charges against NBA veteran Marcus Morris were dismissed on Wednesday (Aug. 6) after owing two Las Vegas casinos over $200,000. According to a local news outlet, KLAS, Morris was facing fraud and theft charges before paying off the $265,000 he owed the Wynn Las Vegas Hotel and Casino and the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino. He was accused of writing a $265,000 check back in 2024 to get a line of credit to gamble. Since there were insufficient funds in Morris’s bank account to cover what he owed, he was arrested on July 27. Morris, who is currently a free agent, went to Instagram to express his frustration about the incident. He shared about the conditions he had to endure, including being held without bail, food, or water for 51 hours.
Fraud charges against Marcus Morris dismissed
NBA veteran Marcus Morris is no longer facing fraud and theft charges in Las Vegas. According to court documents, the charges against former NBA player Marcus Morris were dismissed Wednesday after he paid off the debts he owed to two Las Vegas casinos.
He faced charges after writing checks totaling $265,000 to the Wynn Las Vegas Hotel and Casino and the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in 2024 for a line of credit to gamble. He was arrested on July 27 in Florida on a warrant because there were insufficient funds in Morris’s bank account to cover what he owed.
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Retired NBA forward Marcus Morris once again set the record straight about his alleged fraud, doubling down on his denial of writing a bad check, Morris went on a NSFW rant about his arrest. After he was freed from jail, the NBA podcast host joined his twin brother, Markieff Morris, to explain his side of the story. The Morris brothers explained how everything went down. A frustrated Morris admitted to some wrongdoing, but not one to the extent of writing bad checks or committing fraud, which was how his rant started as part of a short 20-minute episode, per Marcus and Markieff Morris’ YouTube channel. “Don’t ever put my name with nothing but fraud. This is not fraud activity,” Morris said. “I have never wrote a check to no casinos in exchange for money that I can put in my pocket. I wrote exchange for credit thinking that you know the source of the income and you know what I’ve done in the past years to pay it back plus put the money back that I chose to take from y’all to gamble with. So you know I want to just clear that up and then you could take it how you want.”
The ordeal for Morris is a valuable lesson he warned others about after having spent days inconserated. “You could think about think about me this way. But I know what my loved ones and the people that surround us and the people we surround ourselves with really feel about us,” Morris added. “But listen, jail, don’t f*** with it. Don’t f*** with it. That’s why we had to do this s*** outside cuz I couldn’t sit in no small ass room. I came home, I think I slept outside.”
Marcus Morris: I have never wrote a check to no casinos in exchange for money that I can put in my pocket
Marcus Morris: Don't ever put my name with nothing but fraud. This is not fraud activity. I have never wrote a check to no casinos in exchange for money that I can put in my pocket. I wrote exchange for credit thinking that you know the source of the income and you know what I've done in the past years to pay it back plus put the money back that I chose to take from y'all to gamble with. So you know I want to just clear that up and then you could take it how you want. You could think about think about me this way. But I know what my loved ones and the people that surround us and the people we surround ourselves with really feel about us. But listen, jail, don't f*ck with it. Don't f*ck with it. That's why we had to do this sh*t outside cuz I couldn't sit in no small ass room. I came home, I think I slept outside.
Marcus Morris denied bond
Marcus Morris Sr. was denied bond during a hearing Tuesday morning in Florida’s Broward County two days after the former NBA player was arrested at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on felony fraud charges out of Nevada. The judge denied Morris’ motion to set bond, saying that she did not have the jurisdiction to make such a ruling for an out-of-state case.
Marcus Morris addresses his fraud allegations in an Instagram post
Marcus Morris took to his Instagram page on Wednesday morning to share his side of the story for the first time since he was thrown behind bars in Florida on Sunday ... and in a lengthy post, he explained the drama all stemmed from when he recently took "out a marker to gamble" in Vegas.
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Morris, who said he's been spending big cash in Sin City for over a decade, admitted to taking the dough from the casinos ... but thought he had more leeway when it came time to pay it back. "Did i go past the time I needed to repay," he wrote, "yea probably did." "Did I know they would locked me up," he added, "helllllllll no."
Marcus Morris Sr. just appeared in a Florida courtroom for the first time since his arrest over the weekend ... but things did not go the NBA star's way during the proceedings. The 35-year-old has been in custody in Broward County since Sunday over allegations he stiffed a casino in Las Vegas ... and at a hearing regarding the matter on Tuesday, Morris' attorneys asked for bond so he could get a handle on the issue.
Marcus Morris accused of stealing over $250,000 from Las Vegas casinos
Marcus Morris' latest legal woes stem from allegations he stole over $250,000 from two prominent Las Vegas casinos ... TMZ Sports has learned. According to court documents we obtained, the NBA player allegedly got $115,000 from the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino via bad checks in May 2024 ... and never paid it back when the checks bounced. Officials state around a month later, in June 2024, he performed a similar scam at the Wynn Las Vegas Hotel and Casino ... netting $150,000 through checks he knew wouldn't cash.
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