Ex-NBA Player Ben McLemore
Sentenced To 8+ Years In Prison
… For ’21 Rape Conviction
Former NBA player Ben McLemore was sentenced to 100 months in prison after he was convicted of raping a woman in 2021 when he was hooping for the Trail Blazers.
The incident happened in October 2021 at the home of former Blazer’s player Robert Covington, where McLemore was accused of raping a 21-year-old woman during a party.
McLemore, 32, was arrested in April 2024 for first-degree rape, but always maintained his innocence, adamantly claiming he did not rape the woman.
“I am not sexually abusive,” McLemore said of the charges.
The St. Louis native was the 7th overall pick in the 2013 NBA Draft, playing for the Kings, Grizzlies, Rockets, Lakers, and Blazers.
