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Malik Dunbar joined Caledonia Gladiators successful December
A Scottish hoops nine signed and past sacked a subordinate who is linked to a execution successful the US.
Caledonia Gladiators said it was unaware that Malik Dunbar, who joined past month, was the fishy successful the shooting of Arthur Braxton successful Augusta, Georgia.
Dunbar, 28, and teammate Jared Wilson-Frame person some had their contracts terminated by the ace league team.
Caledonia Gladiators said this was owed to a disciplinary substance unrelated to the probe into the 4 October murder.
Arthur Braxton, 32, was recovered dormant extracurricular Mexican edifice El Presidente, with aggregate gunshot wounds.
Local media successful Augusta reported that Dunbar was the fishy successful the case.
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Malik Dunbar enjoyed a palmy assemblage vocation with the Auburn Tigers
Caledonia Gladiators said the contracts of Dunbar and Frame, who besides signed past month, had been terminated "with contiguous effect based connected a "serious breach of nine discipline".
BBC Scotland News understands this is not connected to immoderate benignant of violence.
The club, based successful East Kilbride, plays successful Super League Basketball - the apical tier of hoops successful the UK.
It said successful a statement: "Following this breach, we person since been made alert of superior allegations circulating connected a abstracted substance successful narration to Malik Dunbar successful the US and anterior to his accomplishment with the club.
"We enactment with reputable sports agencies who proviso players to clubs crossed the satellite and nary allegations were disclosed arsenic portion of our owed diligence process."
It said an interior reappraisal had been launched into the signing process.
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Dunbar was released by Gladiators implicit an unrelated disciplinary substance
Sports bureau Interperformances, which represented Dunbar, said they had not been made alert of his links to the shooting and learned astir the substance done media reports.
US media reports besides stated that Dunbar was besides arrested successful August and charged by the Richmond County Sheriff's Office with possessing a firearm oregon knife, and with possessing marijuana with the intent to distribute.
The tiny guardant and shooting defender had enjoyed a palmy assemblage vocation with the Auburn Tigers.
He helped Auburn University to the celebrated "final four" of the yearly assemblage hoops tourney successful 2019 earlier playing overseas successful Germany and Egypt, arsenic good arsenic successful the NBA's insignificant league, the G League.
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