Former Oklahoma State basketball player Darrell Williams, foreground, is driven away from the Payne County Jail in Stillwater, Okla., Friday, Oct. 12, 2012, after he avoided more time behind bars when a judge gave him a suspended sentence in a sexual assault case in which Williams insisted he was innocent. His brother, Pierre, is at right. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Attorneys for a former Oklahoma State basketball player convicted of sexually assaulting two women at a party are taking steps to appeal his conviction and sentence.
Attorneys for Darrell Williams filed a notice to appeal Wednesday, less than a week after a judge handed down a suspended sentence and ordered that Williams register as a sex offender. Williams was convicted in July of rape by instrumentation and sexual battery.
Prosecutors say he groped two women and reached inside their pants at a party in 2010.
Williams has maintained his innocence since his arrest and said he was the victim of misidentification. At last week’s hearing, Williams sought a new trial but the judge denied the request before handing down the sentence.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.
