Ex-Oklahoma basketball player to be releasd from jail
Former Oklahoma State basketball player Darrell Williams received a suspended sentence Friday in a sexual assault case, and was set to be released from prison, according to multiple reports.
Williams, 23, was accused by two women of groping them and reaching inside their pants without their approval at a party in December 2010. He was convicted on counts of rape by instrumentation and sexual battery in July, and had been in prison ever since.
He had requested a new trial based on new evidence, according to his attorney. In the absence of physical evidence, assistant District Attorney Jill Tontz relied on the women's testimony.
The women testified that they identified Williams after being shown a photo of the Cowboys basketball team. Williams denied the charges.
"I don't know what happened in the basement," Williams said on an audio recording that lawyers played during the trial. "I was probably misidentified."
