Ben McLemore, 32, issued a lengthy statement after the hearing, blaming heavy alcohol consumption for impairing his judgment. He played at Wellston High and the University of Kansas.

A jury had found 32-year-old Ben McLemore guilty of raping and sexually abusing a 21-year-old woman at a house party in Lake Oswego in October 2021.

Ben McLemore, a former Portland Trail Blazers guard and the No. 7 overall pick in the 2013 NBA Draft, was found guilty of raping a woman at a 2021 house party. A Clackamas County (Oregon) jury convicted McLemore on multiple rape and sexual abuse charges,

Former NBA player Ben McLemore was sentenced to more than eight years in prison on Wednesday following last week’s rape conviction.