Billy Knight (basketball, born 1979)
William Price Knight (January 20, 1979 – July 8, 2018) was an American professional basketball player. He was born in Los Angeles, California. His last professional stops were in Japan with Hamamatsu, Osaka, Hyogo and Yamagata.[1] Knight helped the Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix to their first bj league title in 2009–10, when he was the league's third-leading scorer, averaging 19.6 points per game.[2]
Knight abused an ex-girlfriend’s nine-year-old daughter and was arrested on June 13, 2018.[3] He was found dead a month later on July 8, 2018 in Phoenix, Arizona, aged 39.[4]
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- ↑ Nishinomiya Storks (11 July 2018). "ウィリアム・ナイト選手の訃報に接して". Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- ↑ Odeven, Ed (February 24, 2012). "Knight still wonders why no team would give him shot". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on July 11, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
- ↑ TMZ Sports (11 July 2018). "UCLA'S BILLY KNIGHT ALLEGEDLY SEXUALLY ABUSED 9-YEAR-OLD BEFORE DEATH". Retrieved 12 July 2018.
- ↑ West, Jenna (July 10, 2018). "Former UCLA Player Billy Knight Found Dead at 39". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
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