THE SIDELINES : Wingate Indicted in Sex Case
A Bexar County grand jury has indicted San Antonio Spurs guard David Wingate and two companions on sexual assault charges in connection with an alleged attack on an unconscious woman.
The two-count indictment, returned Wednesday, accuses Wingate, 26, Joel Mendiola, 27, and Edward Saunders, 23, in connection with the sexual assault of a woman last June.
The 22-year-old woman claims she met Wingate and one of the men at a nightclub and the three men later assaulted her after she became intoxicated and passed out, according to Assistant Dist. Atty. Sam Ponder.
Wingate is accused in Maryland of raping a 17-year-old girl who also claims she became drunk and unable to resist the alleged attack.
If convicted on the Bexar County charges, the men each face maximum punishment of 20 years in prison.
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