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OREGON CITY, Oregon (AP) 鈥� A former NBA player has been found guilty of raping a 21-year-old woman during a lake house party attended by many of his then-teammates from the Portland Trail Blazers, a jury ruled Thursday.

The jury in Clackamas County, located directly south of Portland, found Ben McLemore, 32, guilty of rape, unlawful sexual penetration and one count of sexual abuse. He was found not guilty on another count of sexual abuse, reported.

Sentencing was scheduled for Wednesday.

“We recognize there are those who fear individuals with celebrity status or a position of prominence can avoid prosecution. Not in Clackamas County. This case demonstrates my office prosecutes criminal acts regardless of the offender鈥檚 community status,鈥� District Attorney John Wentworth said in a statement.

The charges stemmed from a party Oct. 3, 2021, at the Lake Oswego home owned by his Trail Blazers teammate Robert Covington.

Prosecutors claimed during the trial that the sexual encounter was rape, while McLemore鈥檚 attorney countered it was consensual sex.

The woman said she was incapacitated after a night of heavy drinking and was unable to give consent. Prosecutors submitted photos of the woman hovering over a toilet and then passed out on a couch, earlier reported.

She said she woke up at one point during the rape and froze in terror.

鈥淚 don鈥檛 know who this person is,鈥� she testified. 鈥淭his is a random person that is doing something like this to me.鈥� The Associated Press generally does not identify victims of sexual assault.

At one point, she said she let her body slide to the floor in an effort to stop the assault. The woman testified McLemore pulled her back onto the couch and continued.

Covington earlier testified he saw the woman flirting with McLemore while they sat on a couch.

McLemore testified he was also drinking but claimed the sex was consensual. He also said he and the woman did not have a conversation before, during or after the act, after which he immediately left the home.

One of his attorneys, Kris Winemiller, said McLemore left after receiving an angry message from this then-wife, who tracked him and wanted to know why he wasn鈥檛 in their own Lake Oswego home.

Clackamas County prosecutor Scott Healy said there was no confusion. 鈥淲hen you look at all the surrounding circumstances and you assess the evidence in this case, I submit to you that the defendant is guilty,鈥� he said during closing arguments Tuesday.

Another defense attorney, Lisa Maxfield, argued for McLemore鈥檚 acquittal.

鈥淭he only reasonable verdict in a case where two people get drunk and have sex and the man is drunker than the woman, the only reasonable verdict in a case like that is not guilty,鈥� she said.

The woman said she did not hire an attorney to sue McLemore and didn鈥檛 seek money from him. Instead she pursued the criminal case because 鈥測ou can鈥檛 do that to somebody, let alone somebody that you don鈥檛 know.鈥�

McLemore, who played college at Kansas, was the seventh pick in the 2013 NBA draft by the Sacramento Kings. He also played for Memphis, Houston and the Los Angeles Lakers before his last NBA season with Portland in 2021-2022.

Since then, he has played in Europe and China. Last August he signed with a team in Turkey.