Former NBA player Ben McLemore was found guilty on July 3, on several sexual assault charges.

According to the USA Today, McLemore was found guilty on three counts: first-degree rape, first-degree unlawful sexual penetration, and second-degree sexual abuse.

Following an 11-day trial, the jury deliberated for 10 hours before returning a verdict. 

"We recognize there are those who fear individuals with celebrity status or a position of prominence can avoid prosecution. Not in Clackamas County. This case demonstrates my office prosecutes criminal acts regardless of the offender's community status," said District Attorney John Wentworth.

The sexual assault occurred on October 3, 2021, after a party at the home of Robert Covington, a former Portland Trailblazer teammate of McLemore’s in Lake Oswego.  Prosecutor Scott Healy said that the victim was "hammered unconscious drunk" that night, and it was  “the most alcohol the woman ever had to drink in her life and the most intoxicated she's ever been.”

Earlier in the evening, witnesses testified that she vomited, had difficulty walking, slurred speech, and could barely lift her head, Healy said.

Eventually, she passed out on a large living room couch around 2 a.m. and McLemore came to sleep on the same couch.

At approximately 6 a.m., the victim was partially conscious “when McLemore sexually penetrated her with his fingers then began having sexual intercourse with her.”

While "fading in and out" of consciousness, she testified that she was “frightened and traumatized,” Healy said. The next day, she received a medical examination for victims of sexual assault.

"(The defendant) needs to be held accountable for what he did. You can't do that to somebody, let alone somebody that you don't know either. You don't do that to people and just be able to get away with it. I don't care who you are," the victim said during her testimony.

Drafted in the 2013 NBA Draft by the Sacramento Kings, McLemore played for the Trail Blazers, Memphis Grizzlies, Houston Rockets, and Los Angeles Lakers.

McLemore will be sentenced on Wednesday, July 9, at 9:30 a.m. local time.

If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, don't hesitate to get in touch with the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) or go to rainn.org.