Kaalan Walker was convicted of raping multiple women (Picture: Wireimage/LAPD)
Kaalan Walker has been sentenced to 50 years to life in prison after being found guilty of multiple counts of rape dating from between 2013 and 2018.
The rapper and actor, 27, who previously starred in Superfly and Kings, was arrested on multiple counts of rape.
In April, he was convicted of ‘three counts of forcible rape, two counts each of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor and rape of an intoxicated victim and one count of assault with intent to commit oral copulation involving crimes between 2013 and 2018’ by a jury, according to reports from NBC 4.
The charges related to three teenagers and four other young women, and Walker has also been ordered to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.
Walker was also acquitted of two counts of ‘forcible rape and one count of forcible digital penetration’ involving three other alleged victims.
Deputy District Attorney Yasmin Fardghassemi had told the court that Walker used his Instagram and Twitter accounts to lure his victims by inviting them to photoshoots or music video shoots, as well as claiming he would introduce them to people to further their career, before assaulting them.
The actor had made the women false promises that he could further their careers (Picture: Jason Koerner/Getty Images)
Walker’s attorney, Andrew Flier, meanwhile claimed Walker was innocent and had been ‘portrayed as a monster.’
He told the court that the victims were seeking ‘revenge’ after realising the actor had made them false promises, addimg: ‘They’re going to lie to you because they know that they fell for his B.S.
‘The pattern of Mr. Walker is to make false promises, and they bought it… Each one of these women voluntarily made their own decisions.
‘He didn’t force them… It’s pay-back to Mr. Walker and we’re not going to let that happen,’ adding that the claims had ruined Walker’s career and that he is now in a ‘living nightmare’.
Walker is best known for starring as William McGee in 2017’s Kings alongside Halle Berry and Daniel Craig as well as playing JuJu in 2018’s Superfly, as well as featuring in two episodes of the BET series In Contempt in 2018.
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He was found guilty of multiple counts of rape.
