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St. Louis native Ben McLemore, a former No. 7 overall NBA Draft pick, has been arrested in Oregon and charged with four felony sex offenses. McLemore faces charges in Clackamas County, Oregon, of first-degree rape, first-degree unlawful sexual penetration and two counts of second-degree sexual abuse, all felonies. He was arraigned there Wednesday. According to a statement from the Lake Oswego, Oregon, Police Department, the charges stem from a reported sexual assault in October 2021. The victim reported that she was assaulted in a home in the suburban Portland municipality...

Ben McLemore, a former NBA lottery pick, was arraigned on Wednesday in Clackamas County Circuit Court in Oregon on four sex charges. Among the charges that he’s facing include first-degree rape and first-degree unlawful sexual penetration, which are both A-level felonies with a maximum sentence of 20 years in jail. The two other charges — C-level felonies that come with a maximum sentence of five years in prison — are two counts of second-degree sexual abuse. He is due back in court on July 1 at 10 a.m. McLemore was...

Former NBA guard Ben McLemore was arrested by the U.S. Marshals on Tuesday and jailed in Oregon, where he faces sex crime charges stemming from allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman in 2021 when he was playing for the Portland Trail Blazers. McLemore, 31, hasn't played in the NBA since 2022 and was in recent days playing professionally in Spain. He was arrested at Portland International Airport on an outstanding felony warrant for one charge of first-degree rape, one charge of first-degree unlawful sexual penetration and two charges of...

Former NBA guard Ben McLemore was arrested by the U.S. Marshals on Tuesday and jailed in Oregon, where he faces sex crime charges stemming from allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman in 2021 when he was playing for the Portland Trail Blazers. McLemore, 31, hasn't played in the NBA since 2022 and was in recent days playing professionally in Spain. He was arrested at Portland International Airport on an outstanding felony warrant for one charge of first-degree rape, one charge of first-degree unlawful sexual penetration and two charges of...