Overview
- Jalin White, 22, pleaded guilty to child abuse causing great bodily harm and neglect, and was sentenced Tuesday to 12 years in prison plus seven years of extended supervision.
- Judge Anderson M. Gansner imposed a sentence below the 14 years sought by prosecutors after accepting White's plea.
- Investigators say White initially gave conflicting accounts before admitting he threw his 8-month-old son while down two points in the fourth quarter of NBA 2K.
- Doctors reported skull fractures, six broken ribs at different stages of healing, and a healing clavicle; the baby lost a pulse and required multiple rounds of CPR.
- In court, prosecutors described an egregious betrayal by a caregiver, while the defense cited remorse and drug use at the time of the assault.