Brian Banks

• A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has reversed the 2002 rape and kidnapping conviction of former Long Beach Poly football standout Brian Banks.
(Chicago Tribune)
• LONG BEACH, Calif. -- A former high school football star whose dreams of a pro career were shattered by a rape conviction burst into tears Thursday as a judge threw out the charge that sent him to prison for more than five years.
(Huffington Post)
• Brian Banks logged onto Facebook last year, and a new friend request startled him. It was the woman who, nearly a decade ago, accused him of rape when they were both students at Long Beach Poly High School.
(Los Angeles Times)
• Im just thankful to be free now and have the opportunity like anybody else to thrive in life, Brian Banks told ABC News Radio today. Im completely overwhelmed with so many emotions and feelings all at once.
(ABC News)
• Brian Banks, now 26, had pleaded no contest 10 years ago on the advice of his lawyer after a childhood friend falsely accused him of attacking her on their high school campus.
(CBS News)
• Brian Banks trembled with sobs after a brief hearing in which prosecutors said they had no objection to his conviction being reversed. His mother and girlfriend, seated in the courtroom, let out cries of joy.
(Los Angeles Times)
• Florida banks got off to a strong start to 2012 as the industry regained profitability.
(The Business Journal)
• LONG BEACH, Calif. - In the summer of 2002, Brian Banks future looked bright: He was a 17-year-old high school football star being heavily recruited by a number of colleges.
(Minneapolis Star Tribune)
• Brian Banks, now 26, sobbed after Long Beach Superior Court Judge Mark C. Kim granted the defense's motion to throw out his 2003 conviction for forcible rape involving a girl on the campus of Long Beach Poly High School a year earlier.
(Los Angeles Wave Newspapers)