‘Superfly’ actor Kalaan Walker has been convicted of raping multiple women and teenagers after luring them with promises of assisting them with their entertainment and modeling careers.
The 26-year-old actor was also arrested in 2018 and charged with nine counts of sexual assault however, a jury found the accused guilty of sexually assaulting four women and three teenage girls but was acquitted of sexual assault charges in connection to three other alleged victims.
The prosecution says that Walker lured his victims by contacting them via Twitter and Instagram. Walker, who also appeared in the 2017 film Kings with Daniel Craig and Halle Berry, used his celebrity to gain women’s trust and name-dropped celebrities, such as Drake, to get them to come to fake video gigs and photo shoots.
Reports also indicated that Walker was convicted of rapes going back to 2013. Three of the six rape victims were 16 at the time of the assault. After his arrest in 2018, more than 30 women came forward with claims that Walker assaulted them.
Walker however maintains his innocence citing that the allegations are baseless.
“I didn’t rape anybody, your honor. I did not rape anybody,” Walker lamented.
Walker now faces a total of 100 years behind bars; however, his attorney Andrew Flier has vowed that he will work acidulously to have his client’s conviction overturned.
“Mr Walker maintains his complete innocence to the charges and allegations. The defense is very confident that the convictions will be reversed,” Flier outlined.