Banks | Brian

Banks was a standout linebacker at Long Beach Polytechnic High School (Poly) in California, playing alongside future NFL talents like DeSean Jackson and Marcedes Lewis.

Banks spent over five years in prison (released in 2007) and another five years on parole, wearing a GPS tracker. Exoneration and Pursuit of Justice Brian Banks

Banks is now a noted speaker for the wrongfully convicted, and his life story was adapted into the 2019 film Brian Banks . Banks was a standout linebacker at Long Beach

Facing a potential 41-year-to-life sentence and receiving poor legal advice, Banks pleaded no contest to a reduced charge to avoid trial. He was sentenced to six years in prison, followed by five years of parole and mandatory registration as a sex offender. at age 16

In the summer of 2002, at age 16, Banks was accused of kidnapping and rape by a classmate, Wanetta Gibson.