Posted on 03/02/2024 12:19:03 PM PST by BenLurkin
A former NBA player and actor was sentenced to 90 years to life in prison on Friday for a series of violent sexual assaults, some of which occurred in Los Angeles County, authorities said.
“During their investigation, detectives learned [that] in 2010, Byrd was convicted of sexual assault involving a different victim,” the LAPD release stated. “Detectives also discovered that Byrd had been arrested for sexually assaulting a young woman in Washington State in 2005.”
Byrd’s victims told investigators that he was “initially charming” before he subsequently forced them into a variety of sex acts.
“He started as a charmer, playing up his status as an athlete and pseudo-celebrity, but that quickly faded into rapes and violence,” said Detective Dara Brown, who served as the lead investigator on the case.
The 39-year-old was eventually found guilty and sentenced to 90 years to life in state prison for the violent sexual assaults that occurred in L.A. and Santa Clara counties on Friday.
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Why rape? I just looked at his photo, not a bad looking guy. Many women would find him attractive, and that plus his fame would make him one-night-stand material if not their boyfriend.
This says to me that he’s a dangerous sadist.Disgusting creep belongs in jail.
Control/domination.
Why would I have to click on a link to find out who this former NBA player is? How many former NBA players are named Byrd?
Why would I have to click on a link to find out who this former NBA player is? How many former NBA players are named Byrd?
The article was poorly excerpted.
Anyways, there are at least two former NBA players named Byrd. Larry and Rashid. And it ain't Larry going to prison.
Because this way some will think it’s Larry and not Rasheed?
I’ve read more than a few times that rape is very little about sex and very much about screwed up power dynamics and a debauched need to control and humiliate another human being.
Look at Ron Jeremy. That guy's entire job was to have sex with women, almost all of them young and beautiful. And he was still a rapist.
Same here. II’m thinking who is this Byrd NBA player? They never even mentioned when he played and for what team. Writing is getting pretty poor these days, Remember the standard question a journalist should ask as a minimum is, “who, what, where, why, how, when” etc. when a
[continued] writing an article.
The man from French Lick is Bird.
It’s them again, Yogi.
I believe you’re right.
Yea. The author purposely did not use his first name Rashid. Wonder why?
Did you know he’s been declared “cognitively impaired” and now resides in a mental institution?
90 years bla bla bla. When’s be up for parole on account of good behavior.
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