Corban Porter, the younger brother of Denver Nuggets star Michael Porter and Jontay Porter, who was recently banned from the NBA, was sentenced Friday to six years in prison for killing a 42-year-old woman in a drunk-driving crash last year. received.
Porter was a sophomore playing basketball at the University of Denver at the time of his arrest.
He caused the crash just before 2 a.m. on Jan. 22, running a red light on South University Boulevard and driving about 80 mph, striking Katarina Rothman’s car, according to an arrest affidavit. It is said that there was a collision.
Rossman was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident.
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Denver Pioneers guard Koban Porter, 5, plays North Dakota Fighting Hawks’ Paul Brands at the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center on February 3, 2022 in Grand Forks, North Dakota. (23 years old) and Brian Matthews (34 years old) and go to the basket. (Jacob Kish/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Corban Porter pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide and vehicular assault by driving under the influence. As part of his plea agreement, Porter ran a red light near the university at 2 a.m. and crashed into Rothman’s car, killing her and seriously injuring her passenger, 47-year-old Jason Branch. Admitted to driving under the influence.
Porter averaged 11.4 points, 2.8 rebounds and shot 41.9 percent from the field in 28 games as a freshman.
The ruling comes two days after Jontay was suspended by the NBA after an investigation found he leaked confidential information to sports bettors and bet on games in violation of league rules, and comes two days after Jontay was suspended by the NBA after an investigation found he leaked confidential information to sports bettors and bet on games in violation of league rules. The decision was made one day before the start of the playoffs to defend the title.
“The investigation became known before the game,” the league said. [Toronto] Raptors game on March 20th, [Jontay] He disclosed confidential information about his health to someone he knew to be an NBA bettor.
Jontay Porter of the Toronto Raptors battles for a rebound with Lindy Waters III of the Oklahoma City Thunder during a game in Toronto, March 22, 2024. (Zou Zheng/Xinhua via Getty Images)
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“Another person associated with Porter and known to be an NBA bettor then placed an $80,000 parlay proposition bet at an online sportsbook and won $1.1 million. [Jontay] The performance will be poor in the match on March 20th. ”
In the March 20th game, he claimed to be unwell and played only three minutes. The $80,000 prop bet was frozen and not paid.
Jontay Porter of the Toronto Raptors warms up before a game against the Portland Trail Blazers at the Moda Center on March 9, 2024 in Portland, Oregon. (Arika Jenner/Getty Images)
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The NBA said Jontay placed “at least 13 bets on NBA games using an affiliated betting account” between January and March of this year while he was with the Raptors or their G League team, Raptors 905. announced that it had been found.
Fox News’ Scott Thompson, Ryan Gaydos and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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