Nate Webster, the former Bengals linebacker, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. Webster faced charges of “sexual battery, gross sexual imposition (sexual touching) and five counts of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor.” He turned down a plea bargain for four years and was convicted of four counts of unlawful sexual conduct. Those four counts earned him 12 years.

As a reminder, the girl started out as a babysitter under Webster’s employ.

Webster was chided by the girl’s father, Tieger said, for not paying her for babysitting. When he did, he started the sexual relationship, the prosecutor added, and threatened to kill her and her family if she told. “As time went by this became a full-fledged secretive relationship,” Tieger said.

The good news for Webster is that he was facing 20 years.

[Cincinnati.com]