Philadelphia 76ers head coach Brett Brown was in Australia Friday to testify in a court case involving a former assistant and longtime friend who allegedly defrauded him of over $550,000. The details, via Philly.com:
Brown went to a municipal Magistrates Court in Brisbane on Friday to testify in the trial of former friend Shane Heal, who is under investigation by Australia’s equivalent of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Heal, who had two stints in the NBA, has been charged by Australia’s Securities and Investments Commission over various incidents of misconduct in 2008, 2009 and 2010.