Report: Prosecutors reviewing assault case against Suns' Morris twins

The Phoenix Suns' Morris twins are reportedly still under investigation for assault, related to an incident at a Phoenix recreation center in January.

Phoenix police say Marcus and Markieff Morris were part of a five-person group that beat a man unconscious because the twins believed the man had sent inappropriate text messages to their mother, according to Matthew Casey of The Arizona Republic.

No arrests have been made and no charges filed, but a spokesman for the Maricopa County Attorney's Office said prosecutors are continuing to review the case submitted by police.

The Morris twins denied having physical contact with or even knowing the alleged victim, and their mother denied having been in contact with him on the day of the alleged assault, according to a police report.

The report shows that the alleged victim, Erik Hood, told police he'd mentored the twins and supported them financially for a time when they were high school students in Philadelphia, before falling out with them. Hood also reportedly showed police photographs of himself with the twins, ostensibly contradicting their statement they didn't know him.

Hood reportedly claimed the text message in question said only that he'd always be there for the twins' mother, Thomasine Morris, but he believes it was taken to mean their relationship had become sexual.

The alleged assault occurred at the Nina Mason Pulliam Recreation & Sports Complex, where Hood - a former professional basketball player and now a talent scout - and a woman had been watching a basketball game.

According to the report, police said a 25-year-old man named Julius Kane (a reported friend of the Morris twins) and one other person caught up with Hood just outside the rec center, and held Hood down while others kicked and punched him. Hood says he was attacked by five people in all.

He later identified Kane and the Morris twins as three of the attackers, which was confirmed by the woman who had been with him at the game. Hood reportedly suffered a broken nose, a large knot on the back of his head and abrasions.

Markieff Morris denied being involved in the attack but admitted to being at the game. He reportedly told police he and his brother were there because they sponsor one of the teams.