Former NFL player Kellen Winslow II was sentenced Wednesday to 14 years in prison for multiple sex offenses against five women in Southern California, including the rape of an unconscious 17-year-old and a homeless woman, according to CBS San Diego affiliate KFMB -TV.
Winslow, father of two and 37-year-old son of San Diego Chargers Hall of Fame, Kellen Winslow, was convicted of forced rape, rape of an unconscious person, assault with intent to commit rape, indecent exposure and lewd conduct. in public, according to The Associated Press. He must register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.
Winslow appeared by videoconference at Wednesday’s hearing in San Diego Superior Court in the city of Vista, north of San Diego. San Diego County Superior Court Judge Blaine Bowman described Winslow as a “sexual predator” who committed “blatant” crimes by targeting especially vulnerable women, the AP said.
“The vulnerability of the victims was not accidental,” Bowman said. “It was the kind of victim you looked for yourself because you felt they might not report the crime” or “they wouldn’t be considered credible by jurors.”
The judge said Winslow continued his behavior even after his first arrest, performing a lewd act near a 77-year-old woman in a gym and exposing himself to a 57-year-old neighbor while gardening. , as reported by the AP.
Winslow was first convicted in June 2019 after being found guilty of forced rape and two other charges – indecent exposure and an obscene act in public – but the jurors could not agree on the others. charges, including the alleged 54-year-old rape of 2018- old hitchhiker and the rape of an unconscious teenager at a 2003 party, KFMB-TV reported. On the first day of the new trial, Winslow pleaded guilty to rape and sexual battery in connection with those charges in a deal that saved his life in prison, the media said. He faced up to 18 years in prison for all charges, but a sexual charge of battery was reduced in February to attempting to commit rape.
District Deputy Attorney Dan Owens said at the Winslow trial that the women did not know each other, but the incidents led to common details and similar descriptions of the suspect, according to KFMB-TV. Winslow’s lawyers said the incidents were consensual or never occurred, the media reported.
Winslow played in Cleveland, Tampa Bay, New England and the New York Jets during his NFL career and earned more than $ 40 million in ten seasons, the AP reported. Winslow’s lawyers had previously said he suffered a traumatic brain injury from playing football, which contributed to his behavior being “out of the way.” Winslow intends to seek help, according to his lawyers.
One of the victims, the homeless woman Winslow had attacked, called Wednesday’s hearing while she and another victim watched the procedure by teleconference, calling him “not a good man.”
“I don’t think you know how dangerous this man is,” you can hear it said. “Ever since I was raped, I don’t raise my head … I felt trapped, worried, scared. I felt like I had no rights.”