
Former Basketball Star Kendal Pinder Jailed for Rape
Published on March 21, 2024
Disgraced former basketball star Kendal “Tiny” Pinder could be deported from Australia after being hit with a hefty prison sentence for the latest in a long history of sexual crimes. The Bahamian-born basketballer was sentenced to eight years’ jail in Sydney’s Downing Centre District Court on March 21 after pleading guilty in April to sexual intercourse without consent and aggravated sexual assault. The 67-year-old will first be eligible for release on Oct. 25, 2026, having already spent close to three years behind bars. The rape charge stemmed from Pinder starting intercourse with a woman while she was sleeping in a bed next to him and therefore unable to consent....
