Banks was a standout linebacker at Long Beach Polytechnic High School (Poly) in California, playing alongside future NFL talents like DeSean Jackson and Marcedes Lewis.
In the summer of 2002, at age 16, Banks was accused of kidnapping and rape by a classmate, Wanetta Gibson. Brian Banks
A 2013 judgment ordered Gibson to pay $2.6 million to the Long Beach Unified School District for fraud. NFL Journey and Legacy Banks was a standout linebacker at Long Beach
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In 2002, during his junior year, he verbally committed to playing college football for the University of Southern California (USC). False Accusation and Imprisonment
In 2011, accuser Wanetta Gibson admitted to a private investigator that she fabricated the accusations, leading the California Innocence Project to help overturn Banks' conviction on May 24, 2012.
Banks spent over five years in prison (released in 2007) and another five years on parole, wearing a GPS tracker. Exoneration and Pursuit of Justice