A Los Angeles-based rapper who acted within the 2018 movie “SuperFly” was sentenced Monday to 50 years to life in prison after he was convicted of sexually assaulting seven victims — including three minors.
Kaalan Walker, 27, was also ordered to register as a lifetime sex offender for the series of crimes dating back to 2013, based on City News Service.
The performer was convicted of three counts of forcible rape, two counts of illegal sexual activity with a minor, two counts of rape of an intoxication victim and one count of assault with intent to commit oral copulation by a Van Nuys jury on April 18.
Deputy District Attorney Cynthia Wallace said she believes Walker is “truly a predator” for his assaults on young women and teenagers between 2013 and 2018, based on City News Service.
Walker used Instagram and Twitter to seek out his victims — who were often aspiring models and actresses — and lure them to locations by saying he had booked them for photo shoots and music video productions that never happened.
As an alternative the rapper raped in addition to assaulted the ladies and underage girls, prosecutors said.
“After they said ‘Stop,’ he didn’t care,” Deputy District Attorney Yasmin Fardghassemi told the jury of Walker through the trial in March, the news service reported.
Walker’s attorney said he didn’t force the ladies and girls and that they were searching for revenge against his client for the false guarantees he manufactured from music shoots and opportunities to fulfill his famous and well-connected friends.
The lawyer, Andrew Flier, added that the rapper’s profession has been ruined and that he has suffered “a living nightmare” as a consequence of the allegations he was later convicted of.
Walker — who also appeared within the 2017 film “Kings” starring Halle Berry and Daniel Craig — was arrested in September 2018 and released on bond. He was taken into custody again after he was found guilty.
A Los Angeles-based rapper who acted within the 2018 movie “SuperFly” was sentenced Monday to 50 years to life in prison after he was convicted of sexually assaulting seven victims — including three minors.
Kaalan Walker, 27, was also ordered to register as a lifetime sex offender for the series of crimes dating back to 2013, based on City News Service.
The performer was convicted of three counts of forcible rape, two counts of illegal sexual activity with a minor, two counts of rape of an intoxication victim and one count of assault with intent to commit oral copulation by a Van Nuys jury on April 18.
Deputy District Attorney Cynthia Wallace said she believes Walker is “truly a predator” for his assaults on young women and teenagers between 2013 and 2018, based on City News Service.
Walker used Instagram and Twitter to seek out his victims — who were often aspiring models and actresses — and lure them to locations by saying he had booked them for photo shoots and music video productions that never happened.
As an alternative the rapper raped in addition to assaulted the ladies and underage girls, prosecutors said.
“After they said ‘Stop,’ he didn’t care,” Deputy District Attorney Yasmin Fardghassemi told the jury of Walker through the trial in March, the news service reported.
Walker’s attorney said he didn’t force the ladies and girls and that they were searching for revenge against his client for the false guarantees he manufactured from music shoots and opportunities to fulfill his famous and well-connected friends.
The lawyer, Andrew Flier, added that the rapper’s profession has been ruined and that he has suffered “a living nightmare” as a consequence of the allegations he was later convicted of.
Walker — who also appeared within the 2017 film “Kings” starring Halle Berry and Daniel Craig — was arrested in September 2018 and released on bond. He was taken into custody again after he was found guilty.
