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Former NBA player Ben McLemore has been arrested and arraigned in Oregon on a sexual assault charge dating from 2021 when he was a member of the Portland Trail Blazers.
McLemore — who has been out of the NBA since 2022 and playing overseas — was arrested by U.S. Marshals when he landed at the Portland Airport on an outstanding warrant for first-degree rape, a charge of first-degree unlawful sexual penetration and two charges of second-degree sexual abuse, according to the Lake Oswego, Ore., Police Department. He was eventually moved to the Clackamas County Jail and, on Wednesday, was arraigned at the Clackamas County Circuit Court. He was then released on $500,000 bail.
A Clackamas County grand jury indicted McLemore, reports Baxter Holmes at ESPN, who was first with the story. That grand jury heard testimony from the woman who stepped forward and said McLemore assaulted her. The alleged assault took place on Oct. 3, 2021, and there was a police investigation (something delayed at points by the fact McLemore was not in the country).
A star at Kansas in college, McLemore was the No. 7 pick of the Sacramento Kings back in 2013 and played eight NBA seasons, the first four in Sacramento. He also played for the Grizzlies, Rockets and Lakers during his NBA career. He has been playing for Río Breogán in the Spanish ABC league this season. McLemore had a drunk driving incident in Lugo, Spain, in March.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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