Former KU Jayhawk Player Sentenced to Over Eight Years in Prison

Former NBA and University of Kansas Basketball Player Ben McLemore Sentenced to Over Eight Years in Oregon Prison

Former University of Kansas and NBA player Ben McLemore was sentenced to 100 months (over eight years) in an Oregon state prison on Wednesday, following his conviction for sexual assault. The sentencing came one week after a jury found McLemore guilty of raping a 21-year-old woman during a house party in October 2021.

According to ESPN.com, the 32-year-old appeared in court wearing Clackamas County Jail inmate attire and did not speak during the sentencing hearing. The jury convicted McLemore on three charges: first-degree rape, first-degree unlawful sexual penetration, and second-degree sexual abuse. He was acquitted of a second count of second-degree sexual abuse. McLemore had pleaded not guilty to all four charges.

The charges were connected to a sexual assault reported on October 3, 2021, in Lake Oswego, Oregon, at the residence of Robert Covington, then a teammate of McLemore on the Portland Trail Blazers. McLemore was identified as a suspect and arrested in April 2022.