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Former NFL tight
end Kellen Winslow II agreed to a new plea deal calling for him
to spend 14 years in prison for raping two women and committing
other sexual crimes, according to multiple reports on Friday
afternoon.
The agreement was submitted Friday in San Diego Superior Court
and replaces a previous agreement from November 2019 in which a
sentencing range from 12 to 18 years was to be determined by a
judge.
Winslow, 37, is guilty in the rapes of a 58-year-old homeless
woman in 2018 and of an unconscious 17-year-old, when Winslow
was 19, at a party in 2003.
Overall, he committed sex crimes against five women, including
an assault of a hitchhiker in a parking lot behind a shopping
center. In the new agreement, Winslow pleaded guilty to the
hitchhiker assault with the intent to commit rape.
All of the attacks took place in the northern part of San Diego
County. A final sentencing hearing was set for March 3.
Winslow was initially found guilty on three charges in June
2019, including indecent exposure toward a 58-year-old woman who
was gardening in her front yard, a lewd conduct incident
involving a 78-year-old woman at a health club and the rape of
the homeless woman.
The following day, a judge declared a mistrial on eight other
counts.
Winslow confessed to the 2003 party rape in November 2019.
Winslow appeared remotely from jail during Friday's proceedings.
"I would like to agree to 14 years," Winslow told Judge Blaine
Bowman, according to USA Today.
Winslow is the son of Pro Football Hall of Fame tight end Kellen
Winslow, who starred for the San Diego Chargers from 1979-87.
Kellen Winslow II was a high school star in San Diego and went
on to be a college star at Miami before being the sixth overall
pick by the Cleveland Browns in 2004.
He caught 469 passes for 5,236 yards and 25 touchdowns in 105
games (83 starts) with the Browns, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, New
England Patriots and New York Jets. His final NFL season was
2013 with the Jets.
Winslow II earned Pro Bowl honors in 2007 when he caught 82
passes for a career-best 1,106 yards for the Browns. He had a
career-high 89 catches in 2006.
--Field Level Media
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