Sister of Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard given life without parole for 2019 killing of elderly woman: report

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The sister of Los Angeles Clippers star Kawhi Leonard has been sentenced to life without the possibility of parole for the killing of an elderly woman at the Pechanga Resort Casino in 2019. 

Kimesha Williams, who is Leonard’s sister, and Candace Townsell were sentenced on Friday for the killing of Afaf Assad, an 84-year-old Long Beach, California, woman, according to The Press Enterprise in Riverside, CA. 

Kawhi Leonard, #2 of the LA Clippers, talks to the media during a press conference after round one game one of the 2023 NBA Playoffs against the Phoenix Suns on April 16, 2023, at Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona.  (Barry Gossage/NBAE via Getty Images)

The two women were convicted in February of first-degree murder, robbery and elder abuse following a lengthy trial. 

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Assad was found unconscious on the floor of a Pechanga Resort Casino bathroom with a cracked skull in 2019. 

Williams and Townsell were reportedly at the casino on Aug. 31, 2019, when Assad entered with her husband and a purse containing around $1,000 for gambling, according to the publication.

Assad went into the bathroom, where Williams followed her, and Townsell kept lookout. 

A woman in another stall heard a thud, and Williams and Townsell made a "beeline" to the casino exit. 

Kawhi Leonard, center, of the LA Clippers looks on from the bench in street clothes against the Phoenix Suns in the first half of game 3 of a first-round NBA playoff basketball game at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Thursday, April 20, 2023.  (Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via