Memphis Grizzlies security guard Ja Morant blew $50,000 and drooled over a stripper who gave him a lap dance at the same strip club where he flashed a gun two days later, according to a report.
The NBA hotshot has been making headlines for all the wrong reasons in recent weeks, and his latest controversy earned him a suspension for filming himself live with a gun at a Colorado strip club on Instagram on March 4.
It has now been revealed that the 23-year-old also visited the raunchy Shotgun Willie’s in Glendale, Colorado just 48 hours earlier and splashed the cash during the two-day bow.
The bad-boy baller was caught staring at the back of a G-string-clad brunette stripper, according to the New York Post.
Morant reportedly dropped $50,000 in cash tips during his two-day revelry, covering every inch of the private VIP room he rented with banknotes.
Grizzlies security guard Ja Morant blew $50,000 and drooled over a stripper who gave him a lap dance at Shotgun Willie’s on Match 2 — the same strip club where he flashed a gun two days later
Morant appeared to be holding up a gun in an Instagram Live video in the early hours of March 4
“The whole room is full of money — it’s literally a pile. You would need a rake,” a source who witnessed the raunchy display told The Post.
While one dancer reportedly recalled her colleague saying it “took forever to count.”
Morant arrived at Shotgun Willie’s with a friend and two security guards around 1:30 a.m., just eighty minutes after the Grizzlies’ team plane landed in Denver, according to the internal source.
Memphis had come in after his 113-99 thrashing of the Houston Rockets and Morant clearly wanted to celebrate by “cash in at least $900 to reserve the space for three hours.”
The scandalized star is said to have sneaked into the VIP room through the back door.
“He was there to party, he wanted some girls in the room,” the insider said. “The music was very, very gangster.”
While at the strip club, Morant seems to have more than entertained himself. He reportedly paid for four dancers and a feast, which included “a basket of hickory-smoked wings, two platters of chicken strips and fries, and a steak.”
He reportedly punched the club for a second time following the Grizzlies’ thumping 113-97 loss to the Nuggets.
The NBA star is said to have collected at least $900 to rent out the club’s VIP area
Morant is a big name in the NBA but has been involved in a range of different controversies
After recording 23 points in the loss, Morant went straight for Shotgun Willie’s in the early hours of March 4, when he, now infamously, filmed himself posing topless while dangling a gun in front of the camera and captioned ” Bring ‘Em Out’ belted. by the rapper YoungBoy Never Broke Again.
Deborah Dunafon, 72, the largest owner of Shotgun Willie’s claimed that Morant had been “respectful” and “great.”
“This boy, very young, was extremely respectful and sweet, and he didn’t drink [on his second visit],’ Dunafon said. ‘We have had [Denver] Nuggets and Broncos… come in and throw quarters at the girls, be disrespectful and mean. He is great.’
However, one dancer, who was reportedly not in the back room but overheard reports from her colleagues about the incident, said the gun “absolutely terrified” the girls in the private room.
She said Morant had “drawn the white boy’s excuse card” by claiming he was “going through a lot.”
Dunafon said she and police reviewed security footage of the incident and claimed that “no one saw a gun.”
Morant was investigated by the Glendale Police Department over the incident, but he was not charged with a crime.
While he won’t face a police charge, Morant could still face a penalty from the NBA.
In the wake of the video’s release, Morant was suspended for two games by the Grizzlies. He later revealed that he would be “taking some time away” from the team.
Morant released a statement apologizing to his family, teammates and fans for his actions
After being suspended by the team for his actions, Morant announced he was taking time off
Morant has been involved in four alleged gun-related incidents in recent months, with the strip club video the latest in a series of controversies.
He was charged in September for allegedly punching a Tennessee teenager in the face during a pick-up game, something the NBA star claims was in self-defense.
New details from police interviews obtained by The Washington Post revealed that the 17-year-old Shelby County Sheriff’s Office detectives told the point guard hit him “12 to 13 times,” adding that Morant’s friend hit him an additional “four to five times.” time.’
The teen claimed that when he got up to leave after the fight, Morant entered his house and reappeared with a gun.
In a baffling incident just days after the report was released, Morant sparked even more controversy — this time during an NBA game — when he threw a gun party after watching a teammate shoot a three-pointer.
In addition, there was an unsavory incident after the Grizzlies’ game with the Pacers on January 29, when acquaintances of Ja Morant “aggressively confronted” members of Indiana’s touring party and pointed a red laser at them.
The athletic said that Morant was driving an SUV with friend Davonte Pack and another person when a red laser was pointed at the Pacers bus.
Two people who spoke anonymously to the publication said they believed the laser was attached to a gun, while an Indiana guard nearby claimed “that’s 100 percent a gun.” However, it has not been confirmed that the laser was attached to a weapon.
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