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Former NBA Prospect Rashid Byrd Sentenced to 90 Years to Life in Prison

Former National Basketball Association Prospect Rashid Byrd has now been handed a 90-year-to-life jail sentence for a string of sexual assaults.

Byrd, 39, was sentenced on March 1 for the string of sexual assaults perpetrated between 2015 and 2020, in accordance to the L.S. Police Department.

The former basketball participant was arrested in 2019 after a lady got here ahead to report a sexual assault. However, throughout their investigation, the LAPD found that Byrd was linked to a number of different instances.

“During their investigation, detectives learned in 2010, Byrd was convicted of sexual assault involving a different victim,” the LAPD acknowledged.

“Detectives also discovered that Byrd had been arrested for sexually assaulting a young woman in Washington State in 2005,” they mentioned.

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The police added that Byrd approached the ladies as an enthralling athlete, however that he turned violent in quick order.

“He started as a charmer, playing up his status as an athlete and pseudo-celebrity, but that quickly faded into rapes and violence,” the investigators defined.

The NBA by no means picked up Byrd, however he did play practically two dozen video games with the L.A. D-Fenders, an NBA Development League group. Byrd additionally performed for a European league and likewise has a number of performing credit.