Kellen Winslow II pleads guilty to two sex crimes charges, faces 12 to 18 years in prison
Moments before his rape retrial was to start Monday, former NFL player Kellen Winslow II pleaded guilty to two felonies, hesitating in court but eventually agreeing to a deal that caps his potential sentence at 18 years.
Before going through with the change in plea, Winslow — son of a Chargers icon with the same name — hesitated several times during the hearing, often providing long pauses as Superior Court Judge Blaine Bowman asked him questions. “I pray to God you give me 12 [years] so I can go home to my family as soon as possible,” Winslow said.
Defense attorney Marc Carlos told reporters that his client suffers from frontal lobe damage, and cited the possibility that he has chronic traumatic encephalopathy, otherwise known as CTE, a degenerative brain disease linked to head trauma.Carlos and fellow defense attorney Gretchen von Helms acknowledged that CTE cannot be diagnosed without an autopsy. And while CTE could not be used as a defense in the case, the judge could consider brain trauma as a factor in Winslow’s sentencing.
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