⚖️ Dillon Brooks pleads guilty to speeding, fined $500 in Arizona

Dillon Brooks pleaded guilty on Monday, Nov. 9, to a misdemeanor speeding charge and was ordered to pay a $500 fine, according to court records cited by KTAR and court documents cited by Yahoo Sports. Reports of the plea began appearing at 6:24 AM ET that day. The filing is short. The paperwork around it is less tidy.

Who says what

KTAR reports that Brooks, who plays forward for the Phoenix Suns, pleaded guilty to the speeding charge, per court records. It says he faced Class 2 and Class 3 misdemeanor charges, that the reckless driving charge was dismissed, and that he paid a $500 fine.

Yahoo Sports, citing court documents, reports the same plea and the same $500 fine, but says the DUI charge against him was dropped. It describes the case as stemming from the March arrest in Scottsdale, where police said they stopped Brooks on Scottsdale Road, south of Thunderbird Road, for a traffic violation around 1 a.m. on March 6, 2026.

The two accounts do not line up. KTAR traces the speeding charge to a Jan. 12 citation, when it says Brooks was pulled over for driving 85 mph in a 45-mph zone just after midnight, hours after a Suns home game against the Washington Wizards. KTAR does not say what became of the DUI charge. Yahoo Sports does not mention the January stop. Which charge the plea replaced is, for now, a question the reports answer differently.

The response

Neither report read quotes Brooks or the Suns on the plea, and no public response was found in the reports read. KTAR says that after the March arrest Brooks apologized to his Suns teammates and coaches.

What happens next

None of the reports read states a further court date, a probation term or a league step. Whether the NBA will take any action is not stated in any source read.

Backstory

KTAR says Brooks was cited and released for reckless driving and exceeding the speed limit by 40 miles per hour on Jan. 12. On March 6, according to KTAR, he was arrested in Scottsdale on suspicion of driving under the influence and released around 3:30 a.m. KTAR cites Arizona Sports' John Gambadoro as reporting that Brooks was suspected of being under the influence of marijuana, not alcohol; Yahoo Sports says police believed he was under the influence of drugs, not alcohol.

KTAR adds that prosecutors filed a criminal complaint for a misdemeanor DUI charge in September. Eurohoops, citing TMZ Sports, had reported the arrest on March 6.

As of Nov 10, 2:50 AM ET, the confirmed part is the plea: KTAR and Yahoo Sports both report that Brooks pleaded guilty to misdemeanor speeding and owes $500. Still pending or unclear are which original charge the plea resolved, what happened to the DUI count, any further court step, and any statement from Brooks or the Suns.