Former USC Football Recruit Exonerated on Rape Conviction

His accuser admitted she lied about the rape but would not recant the story officially as she did not want to give up the $1.5 million her mother won from Long Beach schools in a civil suit.

"During a second meeting that was secretly videotaped, she told Banks, “‘I will go through with helping you but it’s like at the same time all that money they gave us, I mean gave me, I don’t want to have to pay it back,'” according to a defense investigator who was at the meeting."

Before his arrest, Banks was one of the top recruits in the country. He had a scholarship offer from USC.

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