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Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58
What did Lewis do again?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Lewis_%28football%29
Despite his accomplishments on the field, Lewis' public image was tarnished following a Super Bowl party on January 31, 2000, when he was arrested (along with his friends Reginald Oakley and Joseph Sweeting) for the murders of Jacinth Baker and Richard Lollar. Baker and Lollar were stabbed and killed outside a nightclub during a fight in the Buckhead district of Atlanta.
To have murder charges dismissed, Lewis pled guilty in a bargain to a misdemeanor charge of obstruction of justice, and agreed to testify against Oakley and Sweeting, who were each charged with murder. Oakley and Sweeting went on to hire the very high priced legal representation of noted Atlanta criminal defense attorneys, L. David Wolfe, Bruce Harvey, and Steve Sadow. Though all were acquitted in June 2000, the Atlanta Police Department and District Attorney's office believe Lewis' associates to be guilty. No other suspects have ever been arrested for the crime.
On 29 April 2004, Lewis reached a settlement with four-year-old India Lollar, who was born shortly after the death of her father Richard. The settlement (reported by The Baltimore Sun to be at least US$1 million) pre-empted the civil trial scheduled for 14 June from going forth. The suit filed by the Baker family was also settled. The terms were undisclosed.
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Well first he snitched on his homies, and then he paid the daughter of the murder victim a shit load of money for his death, basically meaning he did it. |
