Brian — Banks

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

After exoneration, Banks pursued his NFL dream, signing with the Atlanta Falcons in 2013 following tryouts with the Seattle Seahawks. He made his preseason debut that year. Brian Banks

In 2011, accuser Wanetta Gibson admitted to a private investigator that she fabricated the accusations, leading the California Innocence Project to help overturn Banks' conviction on May 24, 2012.

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

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 He made his preseason debut that year

A 2013 judgment ordered Gibson to pay $2.6 million to the Long Beach Unified School District for fraud. NFL Journey and Legacy