Former Oklahoma City police officer Daniel Holtzclaw has been found guilty of 18 of the 36 charges against him, including first-degree rape. The jury recommends 263 years in prison.
The 29-year-old raped and assaulted 12 Black women and one Black girl, who was just 17 at the time. All of his victims were Black and poor, targeted specifically because they were women who he believed would be easy to discredit.
As the jury read the verdict, Holtzclaw sobbed and shook. His sentencing is scheduled for January 21.
Holtzclaw, standing more than 6 feet tall and weighing 260 pounds, was fired from the OKC force in January. As previously reported by HelloBeautiful, he was charged with 36 counts, including forcible oral sodomy, first-degree rape, s*xual battery, indecent exposure, first-degree burglary and stalking.
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On Thursday, after four days of deliberation, an all White jury of eight men and four women found Holtzclaw guilty of five counts of rape and 13 counts of s*xual assault.
Earlier this week, Holtzclaw’s victims told their story to Buzzfeed, revealing how he raped, abused, harassed and stalked them. One woman revealed that she was raped by Holtzclaw, a former NFL player, in an abandoned school. Another told of how she was forced to perform oral s*x on him on the side of the road. Another revealed that following the assault, Holtzclaw stalked her, following her to a mall to demand s*x.
The last accuser revealed that Holtzclaw raped her on her mother’s porch. She was just 17 at the time.
To see the full timeline of the deliberations, see below.
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