Former Missouri tailback Derrick Washington was sentenced to five years in prison and 120 days in the 559 Shock Incarceration Program on Monday after being convicted of felony deviate sexual assault in September.

Washington was immediately handcuffed and taken into custody after being sentenced. After Circuit Judge Kevin Crane announced the sentence, Washington’s mother stormed out of the courtroom screaming and crying.

“We think (defense attorney Christopher Slusher) did a good job defending Derrick,” Washington’s grandmother Margaret Green said. “I’m not happy with the jurors, obviously.”

Crane denied a motion for a retrial by the defense before Washington was sentenced. Slusher said because there was no evidence, the case became an attack on Washington’s character.

“This case relied on the word of two young women,” Slusher said.

Two victim impact statements were presented and read by Crane, one written by the victim and the other written by her father.

“Her innocence has been taken from her,” her father’s statement, read by assistant prosecuting attorney Andrea Hayes, stated. “She can’t get it back.”

Slusher requested that Washington be given probation instead of jail time, and said he has already suffered enough.

“He will have to be registered as a sex offender for the rest of his life,” she said. “He has been the victim of public scrutiny because of his position on the football team. He was kicked out of school. He has suffered enough.”

But Hayes said he deserved the maximum punishment.

“He’s never even taken accountability for what he has done,” Hayes said. “He keeps denying that he has done anything wrong. He may have to suffer, but so will the victim. She will have to deal with this for the rest of her life. She had to get up in front of a court and share intimate details about her life. This has caused her emotional stress and family problems.”

Washington will spend five years in the Missouri Department of Corrections. After he serves his sentence, he will spend 120 days in the Shock Incarceration Program, which is a Missouri program that focuses on life skills, substance abuse education and the development of a community based home plan.

“I was surprised by the verdict first, but I’m very surprised by the sentence,” Green said. “I don’t think the case should have even come to trial. It was dark in (the victim’s) room. She couldn’t see who was in the bed with her, if it was a boy or a girl. It shouldn’t have even gone to trial.”

Neither Slusher nor Washington made statements after sentencing. Slusher said they have plans to appeal the conviction and sentencing.