Banks, a high school football player in the United States, was accused of rapist by his classmate Wanetta Gibson from the Polytechnic High School in 2[Expand All]
Banks, a high school football player in the United States, was accused of rapist by his classmate Wanetta Gibson from the Polytechnic High School in 2002 and faced a possible life sentence of up to 41 years. He accepted a plea deal, including five years in prison, a five-year probation period under strict custody, and was registered as a sex offender. The Gibson family sued the Long Beach Unified School District, claiming that the area had corrupt customs and received a compensation of 1.5 million US dollars in March 2011. Afterwards, Gibson got in touch with Banks and admitted that he had fabricated the incident. Banks secretly made a recording. Gibson refused to inform the prosecutor of the facts and was unwilling to return the money. With the help of the "California Innocence Project" organization, the wrongful conviction of Banks was reversed in May 2012. The Long Beach Unified School District sued Gibson for $2 million in April 2013 to repay the $1.5 million she had defrauded. The school district eventually received a compensation of $2.6 million. Banks briefly joined the Atlanta Falcons in the United States in 2013 and currently serves as a spokesperson for the "California Innocence Project" organization.[Collapse]
