Kellen Winslow Jr. sentenced to 14 years in prison

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Former NFL player Kellen Winslow II was sentenced Wednesday to 14 years in prison for multiple rapes and other sexual offenses against five women in Southern California, including one who was homeless when he attacked her in 2018.

The 37-year-old son of San Diego Chargers Hall of Fame receiver Kellen Winslow appeared via videoconference at the hearing in San Diego Superior Court in Vista, a city north of San Diego. He declined to comment before his sentence, saying his lawyers had advised him not to speak.

“In the future, I do plan to tell my story,” said the former Cleveland Browns star, once the highest-paid tight end in the NFL.

 

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San Diego County Superior Court Judge Blaine Bowman said Winslow can only be described in “two words and that is a sexual predator.”

The judge said he preyed on women who were especially vulnerable, befriending a homeless woman, picking up a 54-year-old hitchhiker, and attacking a teen after she had passed out at a party.

Bowman called them “brazen” crimes. He noted that Winslow continued to prey on women even after his first arrest. He performed a lewd act in front of a 77-year-old woman at a gym while hiding his GPS monitoring ankle bracelet with a towel. He also exposed himself during that time to a 57-year-old neighbor who was gardening.

“The vulnerability of the victims was no accident,” Bowman said. “It was the type of victim that you sought out yourself because you felt that perhaps they wouldn’t report the crime” or “wouldn’t be deemed credible by the jurors.”

The 14-year-sentence was the maximum allowed under a plea deal. He was convicted of forcible r*pe, r*pe of an unconscious person, assault with intent to commit r*pe, indecent exposure, and lewd conduct in public.

 

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Winslow’s attorney Marc Carlos said he suffered from head trauma from the many blows to his head playing football, which can only explain why he “went off the rails,” going from a star athlete to a convicted sexual predator. He said his client has accepted responsibility and intends to get help.

Winslow was first convicted after a trial in June 2019 when jurors found him guilty of forcible r*pe and two misdemeanors — indecent exposure and a lewd act in public.

The same jurors failed to agree on other charges, including the alleged 2018 r*pe of the 54-year-old hitchhiker, and the 2003 r*pe of the unconscious 17-year-old high school senior who went to a party with him when he was 19.

 

[chappee11]

Nice try by his attorney there.

 

[Superbelt]

I forgot all about him.

If you asked me before today, I'd have guessed he was either dead or in prison already.

 

[DirtDirtDirt]

Winslow’s attorney Marc Carlos said he suffered from head trauma from the many blows to his head playing football, which can only explain why he “went off the rails,” going from a star athlete to a convicted sexual predator. He said his client has accepted responsibility and intends to get help.

Winslow was first convicted after a trial in June 2019 when jurors found him guilty of forcible r*pe and two misdemeanors — indecent exposure and a lewd act in public.

The same jurors failed to agree on other charges, including the alleged 2018 r*pe of the 54-year-old hitchhiker, and the 2003 r*pe of the unconscious 17-year-old high school senior who went to a party with him when he was 19.

Pretty believable. Guy was raping like 80 year old women. It’s absolutely awful of course, but something ain’t right in the head

 

[chappee11]

Pretty believable. Guy was raping like 80 year old women. It’s absolutely awful of course, but something ain’t right in the head

I actually had forgotten he played for the Patriots until I saw it in his bio.

Guy had a wife and 2 kids and he’s out Raping homeless people??? Definitely mentally ill.

 

[DirtDirtDirt]

I actually had forgotten he played for the Patriots until I saw it in his bio.

Guy had a wife and 2 kids and he’s out Raping homeless people??? Definitely mentally ill.

75/25 he offs himself in next decade in prison

 

[chappee11]

75/25 he offs himself in next decade in prison

This is like Aaron Hernandez: The Sequel.

I think you have it 100% right.

 

[Pure Steel]

Pretty believable. Guy was raping like 80 year old women. It’s absolutely awful of course, but something ain’t right in the head

Raquel Welch and Sophia Lauren are in their 80’s.....too soon?

 

[FaCe-LeE-uS]

14 years??? That’s it?

I would have doubled that.

 

[CaptainStubing]

Dude is a soldier though

 

[RememberTheKoy]

14 seems kind of light for a serial rapist who was raping elderly women.

 

[Pure Steel]

14 seems kind of light for a serial rapist who was raping elderly women.

Yup, absolutely ridiculous....lawyer says hits to head caused him to go off the rails.....his raping career started at 19 years old.....

 

[wazzu31]

Yup, absolutely ridiculous....lawyer says hits to head caused him to go off the rails.....his raping career started at 19 years old.....

Sure, but dad probably had CTE when his sperm turned into Jr. Damn I would be a good lawyer.

 

[fishinabarrel]

This is like Aaron Hernandez: The Sequel.

I think you have it 100% right.

So this is Urban Meyers fault too?

 

[Manster7588]

14 years??? That’s it?

I would have doubled that.

Should be much longer, but still long enough for prison justice to run its course

 

[VikingFan2k2]

Dude is a soldier though

Exactly, this dude was crazy in college. So unless he had CTE at 20, when he proudly said that line, he's always been a complete scumbag.

 

[wings-pens2166]

So this is Urban Meyers fault too?

Yes

 

[Battlelyon]

It was his CTE's fault