Athletes & Crime

July 2, 2004 -- Author Jeff Benedict looks a crimes committed by NBA players in his new book, Out of Bounds but the NBA isn't the only league grappling with sports athletes and crime.

NFL

June 1994: Hall of Fame football player, former sports telecaster and celebrity O.J. Simpson is charged with murdering his ex-wife and her friend. The case draws unprecedented national media attention. Reports emerge that Simpson has a history of repeated attacks against the woman as well as a previous wife. Simpson was found not guilty of the murders.

November 1999: Carolina Panthers wide receiver, Rae Carruth, is charged with first degree murder of the mother of his unborn child, Cherica Adams. Carruth is acquitted of first-degree murder but convicted of conspiracy and two other charges.

February 2000: Baltimore Ravens All-Pro Linebacker, Ray Lewis, is charged with two counts of murder at a post-Super Bowl party in Atlanta. Lewis was found not guilty of the murders.

PGA

December 1992: PGA golf champion John Daly is arrested in Colorado and charged with third degree assault after a Christmas party incident in which he allegedly hurled his wife against a wall, pulling her hair and trashing his house. The assault charge was later dropped.

Boxing

July 1991: Heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson is charged with the rape of a Miss Black America beauty pageant contestant. Tyson was convicted and served three years of a six-year sentence.

NBA

February 2002: New Jersey Nets All-Star forward, Jayson Williams, is arrested and charged with second degree aggravated manslaughter for the death of his limousine driver, Costas "Gus" Christofi. He was acquitted of manslaughter, but was found guilty of trying to cover up the shooting.