The Internal Revenue Service has released an $8.2 million tax lien filed against NBA guard Terry Rozier, according to Broward County Courthouse records obtained by ESPN. The release was filed on October 29, a day after ESPN reported on the lien and less than a week after Rozier’s arrest on federal gambling charges.
The lien release lists $8,218,211 under “unpaid balance of assessment.” It was recorded on November 20 at the Broward County Courthouse in Florida.
Rozier’s attorney, Jim Trusty, initially told ESPN in October that Rozier only owed $9,000 in unpaid taxes. He later revised that amount to $3,000, attributing the lien to an electronic filing error.
“Once the accountant cleared up the situation with the tax authorities, it turned out that Terry only owed $3,000 in unpaid taxes for 2021,” Trusty told ESPN in October. “That amount has been paid and we fully expect the defunct lien to be withdrawn in the near future.”
Trusty has not provided any documentation regarding the amount due and when it was paid. He did not immediately respond to a request for comment Monday.
An IRS spokesperson said the agency cannot release information about individual taxpayers and declined further comment. The IRS has 30 days to file a lien release after a debt is paid.
The original lien was issued in November 2023 in Broward County, where Rozier purchased property in June 2021. Tom O’Saben, director of tax content and government relations for the National Association of Tax Professionals, said taxpayers are typically notified within hours if an e-file has been accepted.
A failed attempt at electronic filing and an unpaid tax bill would have generated multiple notices to Rozier or his tax representatives, O’Saben noted.
Rozier faces separate federal charges of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and money laundering in connection with an alleged gambling scandal. He is accused of providing non-public information about his plans to leave a game in March 2023 to a friend who allegedly sold it to gamblers.
Rozier will be arraigned in federal court in Brooklyn on December 8. Trusty has said his client is not guilty.
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