Morris twins: Unnecessary reporting in this article?

http://www.nba.com/article/2018/04/21/nba-fines-wizards-markieff-morris-celtics-marcus-morris

Is the last paragraph really needed?

In October, the brothers were acquitted by a Phoenix jury in an aggravated assault trial. They were on trial on charges that they helped three other people beat a man in January 2015 outside a high school basketball game. The twins played for the Phoenix Suns at the time.