The former NBA player Ben McCamore could guilty of rape, sexual aggression at the 2021 party
The former NBA player Ben McCamore was declared guilty on July 3 of sexually raping and attacking a 21 -year -old woman in a party in 2021, A verdict announced by the County of Clackamas In Oregon.
Mclermore was sentenced by a first -degree rape jury, first degree illegal sexual penetration and second degree sexual abuse. Will be sentenced on 9 July.
The accident occurred at a party on October 3, 2021, when Mclermore was a member of the Portland Trail Blazer (his last stop in his nine -year -old NBA career). The victim had drunk heavily and was “drunk unconscious hammered” that night, said prosecutor Scott Healy to the jurors. It was the best he had ever drank and had vomited the night before, he had difficulty walking and had confused a speech, said Healy.
The victim passed out on a large sofa in the stay around 2 in the morning and, at some point, McCamore started sleeping on the same sofa. While the victim was “fading inside and outside” of consciousness, frightened and traumatized, Mclermore began to make sexual relations with her and attack her sexually.
Realizing what had happened, later that day when the victim sought a specialized medical examination for the victims of sexual aggressions.
“(Mclermore) He must be held responsible for what he did. You can’t do it to someone, let alone someone you don’t even know.
Mclermore’s lawyers had claimed that the victim had started sexual contact and that this was consensual. The jury did not agree.
“We recognize that there are those who fear that people with celebrity status or a position of importance can avoid the accusation. Not in the County of Clackamas. This case shows that my office proceeds criminal acts regardless of the status of community of the crime,” said district prosecutor John Wentworth.
A Kansas star at college, Mclermore was choice n. 7 of the Kings sacrament in 2013 and played nine seasons of the NBA, the first four in Sacramento, then for Grizzlies, Rockets and Lakers before joining the Timberwolves. He had played in Spain starting from the autumn of 2022 and was arrested in 2024 by the US Marshals on his return to the United States.