Kellen Winslow Jr. faces additional charge of raping unconscious 17-year-old in 2003
Winslow Jr. facing three rape charges spanning 15 years
Winslow was arrested last month on nine charges and faces a life in prison.
July 12, 2018
SAN DIEGO, California - Kellen Winslow II, a former NFL tight end, was arraigned on Thursday on a new charge of rape in San Diego in addition to the two counts of rape, two counts of kidnapping with intent to commit rape and one count of forcible sodomy he was already facing.
Winslow was already facing multiple rape and kidnapping charges. Now he's facing a charge in connection with forcibly raping a 17-year-old female who was unconscious at the time. Winslow Jr. was 19 at the time of the alleged rape that happened in 2003 in San Diego.
"California law allows for certain specified sexual offenses to be charged regardless of the time of their commission under certain circumstances," deputy district attorney in San Diego Dan Owens said. "Those circumstances are met in this case...When there is a rape that occurs and the victim is under the age of 18 years old, there is no statutory time (limit) to when that can be charged. That's exactly what we have here."
Winslow was drafted by the Cleveland Browns, and later played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Seattle Seahawks, New England Patriots and New York Jets.
Winslow pleaded not guilty to all charges on Thursday at a preliminary hearing in San Diego County Court House.
Previous charges against Winslow include:
- Kidnapping with intent to commit rape - 2 counts
- Forcible rape - 2 counts
- Forcible sodomy - 1 count
- Forcible oral copulation - 1 count
- Residential burglary - 2 counts
- Indecent exposure - 1 count
A woman called the San Diego County Sheriff's Department last week to report a possible burglary at the Park Encinitas Mobile Home Park on El Camino Real.
The resident said she heard a loud vehicle pull up outside her home and looked out to see a black Hummer. The man inside got out and walked toward her neighbor's home, then went inside, likely through an open sliding-glass door. The woman said the man was inside about 10 minutes before he left, carrying the t-shirt he had been wearing.
"I confronted him and said 'Hi, can I help you with anything'," she told reporter Jim Patton. "He said, 'Nope, just looking for my dog.' I go, 'What dog?' and he said, 'Well, it's a red dog, Clifford.' and I went, 'There's no dog here.' I said, I'm not comfortable with this, you need to leave. And he just stood there and he went, 'Alright then.'"
The man, who the woman later identified as Winslow, drove off. Deputies later arrested him in a strip mall parking lot on El Camino Real.
Winslow was booked last week into the Vista Detention Facility but posted a $50,000 bail June 8. He will be in court Friday for an arraignment.