Former NBA, Kansas player Ben McLemore issues statement following first-degree rape charge
Former NBA player Ben McLemore was charged on counts of first-degree rape and other sex crimes after being arraigned in court on Wednesday. The three-year long investigation into the allegations against McLemore came to a head on Tuesday after he was arrested by police at the Portland International Airport. The former Kansas star has now released a statement giving his side of the story. Read the statement below: “The charges I was handed in court yesterday appear to allege that in 2021 I had sex with a woman who was too intoxicated to consent,” McLemore wrote, via Shams Charania. “I am not ac...