Former NFL Player Kellen Winslow II was sentenced Wednesday to 14 years in prison for multiple sexual offenses against five women in Southern California, including the rape of an unconscious 17-year-old and a homeless woman, according to KFMB-TV, CBS San Diego.
Winslow, a father of two and the 37-year-old son of San Diego Chargers Hall of Fame, Kellen Winslow, was convicted of violent rape, rape of an unconscious person, assault with intent to commit rape, indecent exposure and lewd behavior in public, according to The Associated Press. He must register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.
Winslow appeared during video conference on Wednesday in the San Diego Superior Court in the city of Vista, north of San Diego. Judge Blaine Bowman, high court in San Diego County, described Winslow as a “sexual predator” who committed “brazen” crimes by targeting women who were particularly vulnerable, the AP said.
“The vulnerability of the victims was no accident,” Bowman said. “It was the kind of victim you were looking for yourself because you thought they might not report the crime” or “would not be considered credible by the jurors.”
The judge said Winslow continued his behavior even after his first arrest, while committing a heinous act near a 77-year-old woman in a gym and exposing himself to a 57-year-old neighbor while she was busy. to garden, the AP reported.
Winslow was first convicted in June 2019 after being convicted of violent rape and two other charges – indecent exposure and a heinous act in public – but judges could not agree on the other charges, including the alleged rape of a 54-year-old in 2018. old lifter and the rape of an unconscious teenager during a party in 2003, reports KFMB-TV. On the first day of the retrial, Winslow pleaded guilty to rape and sexual battery in connection with the charges in a deal that spared him life in prison. He was sentenced to 18 years in prison for all the charges, but a charge of sexual battery was reduced in February to the intent to commit rape.
Deputy District Attorney Dan Owens said during the Winslow trial that the women did not know each other, but the incidents led to general details and similar descriptions of the suspect, according to KFMB-TV. Lawyers for Winslow claim the incidents consensus or never occurred, the office said.
Winslow played for Cleveland, Tampa Bay, New England and the New York Jets during his NFL career, earning more than $ 40 million over ten seasons, reports AP. Winslow’s lawyers said earlier that he suffered from traumatic brain injury by playing football, which contributed to his behavior ‘going off track’. According to his lawyers, Winslow intends to seek help.
One of the victims, the homeless woman who attacked Winslow, called the trial on Wednesday when she and another victim witnessed the process by teleconference and called him ‘not a good man’.
“I do not think you know how dangerous this man is,” she could hear. “Ever since I was raped, I have not lifted my head … I have been trapped, worried, scared. I felt I had no rights.”