Cierre Wooden, a Notre Dame standout who performed within the NFL and the Canadian Soccer League, was sentenced to life in jail with the opportunity of parole for his function within the dying of a 5-year-old lady.
Wooden pleaded responsible to the second-degree homicide of his girlfriend’s daughter at his Las Vegas apartment. The lady was killed in April 2019.
Court docket information additionally present he pleaded responsible to felony little one abuse, and he might be eligible for parole after serving 10 years.
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Cierre Wooden, #20 of the Notre Dame Combating Irish, runs towards the BYU Courgars at Notre Dame Stadium on Oct. 20, 2012 in South Bend, Indiana. (Jonathan Daniel/Getty Pictures)
Clark County District Court docket Choose Jacqueline Bluth additionally ordered him to serve between 28 months and 6 years for the kid abuse cost. He should serve the sentences consecutively.
Prosecutors dismissed the remaining felony counts of kid abuse that they initially had filed towards Wooden, in line with the plea settlement. He entered what is called an Alford plea, a proper act of contrition in felony court docket that permits a defendant to nonetheless declare innocence.
Court docket information present that the kid’s mom, Amy Taylor, additionally pleaded responsible earlier this yr to second-degree homicide and felony little one abuse as a part of a cope with prosecutors.
The lady was discovered within the condo with bruises and trauma.
Cierre Wooden, #20 of the Notre Dame Combating Irish, carries the ball towards the Pittsburgh Panthers through the recreation on Sept. 24, 2011 at Heinz Area in Pittsburgh. (Justin Ok. Aller/Getty Pictures)
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Wooden turned a star for the Combating Irish in his sophomore season, when he rushed for 1,102 yards and 9 touchdowns on 217 carries, all of which had been career-bests.
The next season, he break up carries with Theo Riddick, however he determined to forgo his remaining season of eligibility and enter the NFL Draft.
He signed with the Houston Texans as an undrafted free agent in 2013 however was launched in October for violating workforce guidelines after enjoying in simply three video games. He then performed in two video games with the New England Patriots.
In 2015, he was promoted to the Buffalo Payments’ lively roster, however he tore his ACL, ending his season and NFL profession.
Notre Dame’s Cierre Wooden, #20, in motion towards Purdue. (John Biever /Sports activities Illustrated through Getty Pictures)
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Wooden then went to the Canadian Soccer League in 2017, the place he performed for each the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Montreal Alouettes.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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