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Baxter Holmes
A judge sentenced Ben mclemore For more than eight years in the Oregon State Jail, a former NBA guard was found guilty of raping and sexual harassment of a 21 -year -old woman at a Lake Ososo House Party in 2021.
A Clackmas County Circuit Court Jury found 32 -year -old McLemore, who has not played in NBA since 2022, Last week guilty In one charge of first-degree rape, first-degree count of illegal sexual penetration and second-degree count of sexual abuse. The jury did not convince McLemore on additional counting of other-degree sexual abuse. McLemore, who was sentenced to 100 months in the state jail on Wednesday, was not convicted in all four cases.
McLemore did not address the court and was wearing a Clackmas County Jail prisoner’s clothes.
“Many people are often afraid to report such conduct for several reasons,” said in a statement, “Many people are afraid to report such conduct for several reasons,” said in a statement. “Hopefully, the strength and courage of the victim in this case will provide fortune to others to come forward under the circumstances where sexual harassment has taken place. The sentence that the defendant received today should work as a reminder that this type of conduct will not be tolerated in our community, and that the office of Clackmas County Da will always work hard to provide accountable and justice to criminals.”
From a report of sexual harassment in Lake Oshego, Oregon, at the house of Robert Kovington on 3 October, 2021, one of the then McLemore teams, accusing him. Portland Trail BlazersThe police started investigation, and McLemore was identified as a suspect.
In February 2024, a Clackmas County Grand Jury heard evidence in the case, including the woman’s testimony, who said McLemore assaulted her, and issued an indictment against the arrest warrant with McLemore, according to the police of Lake Ososo.
The US Marshals arrested McLemore two months later.
“We hope that the Oregon Legislature will adopt a ‘second look’ process, which will evaluate whether he should serve a full 100 months or whether, beyond the small alcohol-affected encounter that reduces this sentence, he is a thoughtful and humble person who has lived a respectable, community-focused life,” Attorney’s Atortoroni’s Atortori’s attorler stated on Wednesday.
Clacmas County prosecutor Scott Heli recently told the gamblers during the trial that the victim was drinking heavy liquor, came out on a living room couch around 2 pm, then the next morning received partial consciousness again when McLemore sexually assaulted her fingers and then started having sex with her.
McLemore lawyers disputed the victim’s account and claimed that he started sexual contact and agreed. He also said that the woman was enough for consent, even though both she and McCalemore were intoxicated. On Wednesday, the victim appeared by video and read a statement.
He said, “It has been about four years old in my life. I never thought that reporting back it in 2021 would make such an incredibly difficult and long journey,” he said, in the part. “In these last few years, it has often been felt like a weight that I have to pull behind me, a constant reminder of trauma that I was not able to work completely because there was no end in sight. I now understand, at a deep level, at a deep level, why so many victims hesitate or sometimes report what happened to them.”
McLemore was the seventh pick in the draft of Kansas in the 2013 draft and played for five teams in the nine NBA season. After playing for Trail Blazers, McLemore began playing abroad for professional teams in China, Greece and Spain.
