SAN DIEGO _ Former NFL player Kellen Winslow II _ son of Chargers great Kellen Winslow _ pleaded not guilty Friday to multiple felonies, including accusations of kidnapping and raping two transient women.
The complaint outlining the charges against Winslow points to five alleged offenses since March, which also include a charge of indecent exposure and two counts of burglary with intent to commit rape.
The alleged rape victims are ages 54 and 59. The remaining three alleged victims range from 55 years old to 86 years old. All of the incidents are reported to have happened in the city of Encinitas, where Winslow II lives.
Winslow II, 34, appeared in Vista Superior Court to face the charges of eight felony counts and one misdemeanor. He faces life in prison if convicted.
His father was among his supporters in the courtroom.
After the arraignment, the defendant's attorneys declined comment.
Winslow II was arrested, and his house was searched, on Thursday.
During the arraignment, Superior Court Judge Robert Dahlquist ordered him to remain jailed on a no-bail status.
Among the charges in the complaint:
_ Kidnap, rape and forced oral copulation of a 54-year-old woman in March;
_ Kidnap, rape and sodomy of a 59-year-old woman in May;
_ Indecent exposure in May;
_ Burglary with the intent to rape a 71-year-old woman in June; and
_ Burglary with the intent to rape an 86-year-old woman also in June.
This is his second arrest this month. Last week, he was briefly jailed on suspicion of burglary. His new arrest came on the same day he was to appear in a Vista courtroom for arraignment in the burglary case.
Winslow II was initially taken into custody June 7 after deputies responded to reports of a possible burglary in the Park Encinitas Mobile Home Park on El Camino Real near La Entrada.
Around 2:40 p.m. that day, a resident reported seeing a stranger walk into a neighboring residence. The neighbor confronted the intruder, who subsequently got into a black SUV and left, sheriff's officials said.
Deputies stopped and arrested Winslow II, and booked him into custody on one count of burglary. He soon posted $50,000 bond and was released from Vista jail.
His publicist said the arrest was the result of an over-reaction from a neighbor who saw him at the residence of a couple that was not home.
The day after the arrest last week, the publicist supplied a statement from another of Winslow's defense attorneys, Colorado-based Harvey A. Steinberg, who said Winslow II "emphatically denies committing any burglary."
"He would have no need to burglarize or steal anything from anyone at a trailer park," Steinberg said, adding that Winslow II "looks forward to being vindicated" in court.
On Thursday, Brian Watkins, the attorney who said he was representing Winslow in the burglary case, declined comment when reached by phone.
Winslow II grew up in San Diego and attended Patrick Henry and Scripps Ranch high schools before attending the University of Miami. The sixth draft pick in 2004, he played in the NFL for 10 seasons, until 2013.
