Journalist Stephen A. Smith is calling out former professional athlete Gilbert Arenas after he made light of his ongoing federal case.
On a livestream, Arenas addressed his recent arrest and claimed he would be “snitching” on his codefendants to save himself.
“Good luck in court,” he said. “I’m pretty sure I ain’t gonna be there when it’s starting to go, ’cause yeah… I’m snitching.”
Smith warned Arenas to take his case more seriously.
“Bro, I need you not to play around. My brother, I do not want to see you in jail at all. It’s not a good look. It’s nothing to laugh about. It’s nothing to joke about when the feds come raiding your home,” he said via his YouTube channel.
Arenas was charged with allegedly running an illegal gambling business where “high-stakes poker games” were played out of a mansion in California. He was charged with one count of conspiracy to operate an illegal gambling business, one count of operating an illegal gambling business, and one count of making false statements to federal investigators.
Smith continued, “I don’t want to see that. I can assure you that anybody who wants to do business with you, I’m one of those people, ESPN, Underdog, a whole bunch of sponsors and advertisers, we don’t want to see that.”
