Former Cowboys cornerback C.J. Spillman was sentenced to five years in prison today after a jury found him guilty of sexual assault.
A judge in Fort Worth, Texas, ordered Spillman to be taken into custody immediately after he was sentenced.
A woman accused Spillman of sexually assaulting her in a team hotel used by the Cowboys in Grapevine, Texas, on September 20, 2014. Spillman wasn’t actually charged until June 30, 2015, and played the rest of the 2014 season for the Cowboys.
According to the New York Daily News, Spillman was also accused of attempted rape in December of 2013, when he played for the 49ers. He was not charged in that incident. According to the Star-Telegram, Spillman’s ex-girlfriend, who is the mother of his three children, got a restraining order against him after he pulled a gun on her.
Spillman played six seasons in the NFL, from 2009 to 2014, with the Chargers, 49ers and Cowboys.
