Judge orders Malik Beasley to pay $1 million to former agency

A federal judge in New York issued a $1 million civil judgment Thursday against NBA free agent Malik Beasley in a contract dispute with his former agency.

Judge Janet A. Vargas found Beasley liable for $1 million in damages with interest to be paid to his former agency, New York-based Hazan Sports Management.

Vargas wrote in the decision that, despite ample warning, “no objection has been filed and no request for extension of time for objection has been made.” There is no attorney listed on Beasley’s behalf in the lawsuit, and the document shows no action on Beasley’s part.

ESPN called a number associated with Beasley and the person hung up after asking for comment. An attorney for Hazan Sports did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Beasley left Hazan Sports in February 2025 in what the agency said in the lawsuit was a breach of contract. Hazan Sports said in the lawsuit that it attempted to recover the $650,000 marketing advance from Beasley, “but received little more than sporadic payments and vague promises to repay the balance over time.”

Beasley played nine seasons in the NBA, including a stint with the denver nuggets, minnesota timberwolves, utah jazz, Los Angeles Lakers, milwaukee bucks And detroit pistons. He had a resurgent season in 2025 and appeared set to sign a three-year contract with the Pistons reportedly worth $42 million, before his name surfaced in a federal gambling investigation.

Beasley has not been charged in the case.

Steve Haney, who is representing Beasley in the gambling investigation, said he was not involved in the Hazan Sports lawsuit.

In September, the NBA said it was conducting it has its own investigation In Beasley. Haney told ESPN at the time that his client was “fully cooperating” with the NBA investigation.

last month, signed with beasley The Santurce Crabbers, a Puerto Rican basketball team owned by artist Bad Bunny.