Former NFL defensive star Dana Stubblefield, who in 2020 was sentenced to 15 years to life for raping a developmentally disabled woman, saw his conviction overturned this week by a California appellate court.

Dana Stubblefield's defense attorneys asserted that there was no rape, but rather that the NFL standout paid the woman for consensual sex.

SAN FRANCISCO - The rape conviction against a former San Francisco 49er has been overturned. An appellate court overturned Dana Stubblefield's 2020 rape conviction Wednesday, ruling prosecutors violated the Racial Justice Act, the Mercury News first reported.

Former San Francisco 49ers star Dana Stubblefield’s rape conviction was overturned by an appellate court on Thursday, court documents show. Stubblefield was convicted in 2020 of raping a woman who interviewed to babysit his kids in Morgan Hill in 2015.

A California appeals court has overturned the rape conviction of former San Francisco 49er Dana Stubblefield after determining prosecutors made racially discriminatory statements during the Black man's trial.

Judges declare the 2020 conviction of the former NFL Defensive Player of the Year is ‘legally invalid’ after finding his race factored into authorities’ decision not to search

A federal court of appeals has overturned the rape conviction of former 49er Dana Stubblefield. In 2015, Stubblefield was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison after a jury found him guilty of raping a woman who was interviewing for a babysitting job.

A federal court of appeals has overturned the rape conviction of former 49er Dana Stubblefield. In 2015, Stubblefield was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison after a jury found him guilty of raping a woman who was interviewing for a babysitting job.

A California appellate court has overturned the rape conviction of former San Francisco 49ers defensive tackle Dana Stubblefield – finding it “legally invalid” – on the grounds of racial bias.