A former NBA participant and actor was sentenced to 90 years to life in jail on Friday for a sequence of violent sexual assaults.
The Los Angeles Police Division stated an investigation into Rashid Byrd started in 2019. A sufferer reported she had been sexually assaulted.
“Throughout their investigation, detectives discovered [that] in 2010, Byrd was convicted of sexual assault involving a special sufferer,” the LAPD launch acknowledged. “Detectives additionally found that Byrd had been arrested for sexually assaulting a younger girl in Washington State in 2005.”
The 7’1″ Byrd charmed his victims at first, then turned violent.
“He began as a charmer, enjoying up his standing as an athlete and pseudo-celebrity, however that rapidly pale into rapes and violence,” stated Detective Dara Brown, who served because the lead investigator on the case.
Byrd performed 22 video games for the Los Angeles D-Fenders of the NBA Growth League within the 2008-09 season. He additionally appeared within the 2008 Will Ferrell-starring basketball comedy, Semi Professional, enjoying a member of the fictional American Basketball Affiliation group, the Flint Tropics. He additionally appeared in a documentary quick, Deliver Your ‘A’ Recreation.
He was arrested in September 2020 by LAPD detectives for sexual assault.
The 39-year-old was sentenced to 90 years to life in state jail for the violent sexual assaults that occurred in L.A. and Santa Clara counties.
“The Los Angeles Police Division is grateful for the courageous ladies who got here ahead to inform their tales,” Detective Brown stated. “Whereas this investigation has gone on for years, we’re grateful that Byrd is now not on the streets.”
Efforts had been made to find all of Byrd’s victims, Detective Brown stated, including that anybody with extra data on his crimes is requested to contact her at 213-486-6840 or by e-mail at rhdtipline@lapd.on-line.
