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Jul 24, 2002 · On his way down the hall, he saw 15-year-old Wanetta Gibson, whom he had known from middle school, leaving the bathroom. They got into the elevator and went to a secluded area of the school near a stairwell that was known as a “make-out” spot.
Aug 9, 2019 · Following his memoir, What Set Me Free, Brian's story was made into a movie — Brian Banks — which premiered Aug. 9, 2018. But what happened to Brian's accuser, Wanetta Gibson (her name was fictionalized in the movie — her real name is Kennisha Rice)? At 15, she won $1.5 million for her accusation.
Aug 16, 2019 · In the summer of 2002, Brian Banks’ life changed forever. When he was 16 years old, Wanetta Gibson, one of his classmates at Long Beach Polytechnic High in Southern California, falsely accused him of raping her in an empty stairwell on campus.
Jan 3, 2003 · Banks asked his summer school teacher to be excused from class so he could go to the restroom. On his way there, he encountered a female student by the name of Wanetta Gibson, who he had known from middle school. After meeting up, they made their way to the school “make out” spot.
Mar 24, 2013 · By the end of the day, Brian Banks was sitting in jail, charged with two counts of forcible rape and kidnapping Wanetta Gibson. He was kicked off the football team and expelled from school...
May 24, 2012 · A rising football star in southern California whose career was brought to a sudden halt by a kidnap-rape conviction that landed him in prison was exonerated today after his accuser contacted him on Facebook recanted her story.
Jun 7, 2012 · A hidden camera confession helped exonerate Brian Banks, a former Long Beach high school football star, after he served five years in prison for a rape he did not commit.
Aug 1, 2019 · In June 2002, Wanetta Gibson, 15, accused junior Brian Banks, 16, then a standout football player at Long Beach Poly High, of dragging her into a stairwell and raping her. The alleged incident happened just before lunchtime at their school.
Answer: No, Wanetta Gibson was never criminally charged for her false accusation against Brian Banks. But she was ordered to pay $2.6 million to Long Beach Unified School District to repay the $750,000 she received from them, plus their court costs, and another $1 million in punitive damages, for a total of $2.6 million.
On May 24, 2012, after a decade of legal battles, Brian Banks was exonerated. The court recognized the injustice he had endured, and he was released from parole and removed from the sex offender registry. However, the years of wrongful imprisonment took a toll on his life.
