Court update: Ja Morant’s father, sister weigh in on pickup game fight
Attorney Leslie Ballin asks Tee Morant to read part of his deposition during a hearing in Judge Carol Chumney’s civil court on Dec. 12, 2023 in Memphis. The hearing is to determine whether Morant used self defense during a fight last summer at his home. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
Ja Morant’s father and sister take the stand to testify in the civil lawsuit against the Memphis Grizzlies star in Shelby County court.
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Once an intern, he never left, joining the staff full-time in 2022 as an education reporter. He moved to public safety in 2023, where he covered some of the city’s biggest court cases, including the criminal trials for those charged in the deaths of Tyré Nichols and rapper Young Dolph. He also chronicled the Shelby County Jail and the deaths that have occurred at the facility.
He now provides suburban coverage, focusing on Desoto County and the surrounding municipalities.
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