Kawhi Leonard's sister sentenced to life after fatal robbery

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Cameron Kiszla

Updated: Apr 23, 2023 / 01:00 PM CDT

Candace Townsel, left, and Kimesha Williams, right, are seen in booking photos released by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. Williams is the sister of Clippers star Kawhi Leonard.

(KTLA) — The sister of Los Angeles Clippers star Kawhi Leonard has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for her role in a 2019 murder at a Southern California casino.

Kimesha Williams, the elder sister of Leonard, and another woman named Candace Townsel were convicted in February of first-degree murder, robbery and elder abuse, ESPN reported.

Townsel also received a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.

In September 2019, the women followed 84-year-old Afaf Anis Assad of Long Beach into a Pechanga Resort Casino bathroom, robbed her and left her in the bathroom unconscious.

Assad suffered a broken skull in the attack, according to ESPN, and she died five days later.

Williams’ relationship with Leonard was confirmed to The Press-Enterprise by relative Denise Woodard in 2019, though Woodard stressed that Leonard “didn’t have anything to do with this.”

Source: www.newsnationnow.com
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