LAS VEGAS (AP) — An 11-time convicted felon has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for kidnapping, robbing and beating an NFL player two years ago.
An attorney for 42-year-old Deshawn Lamont Thomas promised to appeal after Clark County District Court Judge Douglas Smith sentenced Thomas on Wednesday as a habitual criminal.
A jury convicted Thomas in April after five days of testimony, including an account of the attack from the 31-year-old Walker.
The former Oakland Raiders wide receiver acknowledged he was falling-down drunk when he got into a car with two men he didn’t know after a night partying at Las Vegas clubs in June 2008.
Co-defendant Arfat Fadel pleaded guilty to lesser charges and testified against Thomas. He’ll be sentenced next week.
