Marcus Morris Speaks Out After Casino Fraud Arrest

Marcus Morris Sr. is making it clear he doesn’t need his arrest in Florida final week tied to the phrase fraud.

The 35-year-old was taken into custody after prosecutors claimed he owed $265,000 to 2 Las Vegas casinos, cash tied to bounced checks written to cowl playing markers.

Whereas the case has been filed underneath fraud prices, Morris insists the whole scenario is a misunderstanding.

“Don’t ever put my title with nothing however fraud,” Morris stated on his YouTube channel alongside his twin brother, Markieff. “This isn’t fraud exercise. I’ve by no means wrote a verify to no casinos in change for cash that I can put in my pocket. I wrote change for credit score considering that you already know the supply of the earnings and you already know what I’ve carried out prior to now years to pay it again plus put the cash again that I selected to take from y’all to gamble with. So you already know I need to simply clear that up after which you possibly can take it the way you need.”

Morris additionally described the expertise of spending a couple of days in Broward County jail, admitting the fact of it hit him arduous.

“You might take into consideration take into consideration me this fashion,” he stated. “However I do know what my family members and the those that encompass us and the individuals we encompass ourselves with actually really feel about us. However hear, jail, don’t f*** with it. Don’t f*** with it. That’s why we had to do that s*** exterior cuz I couldn’t sit in no small ass room. I got here dwelling, I believe I slept exterior.”

The fees might be dismissed if the excellent stability is paid in full. That seems to be the route issues are heading, which might convey an finish to the authorized case, in accordance with prosecutors.

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