--- title: 49ers: Former Football Player Stubblefield Charged With Rape description: It allegedly took place when the woman visited his home in Morgan Hill for an interview as a babysitter canonical: https://time.com/4316019/former-49ers-star-charged-with-rape-of-disabled-woman/ author: Tara John article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-03T11:33:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T17:13:30.029Z article:section: Sports og:title: 49ers: Former Football Player Stubblefield Charged With Rape og:description: It allegedly took place when the woman visited his home in Morgan Hill for an interview as a babysitter og:url: https://time.com/4316019/former-49ers-star-charged-with-rape-of-disabled-woman/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd0d9972b8c2a1909/698891a9a988ca77976b7b1b/dana-stubblefield-charged-rape.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Dana Stubblefield #94 of the Oakland raiders rests on the bench during a game against the Cincinnati Bengals on September 14, 2003 at the Network Associates Coliseum in Oakland, California. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 49ers: Former Football Player Stubblefield Charged With Rape twitter:description: It allegedly took place when the woman visited his home in Morgan Hill for an interview as a babysitter twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd0d9972b8c2a1909/698891a9a988ca77976b7b1b/dana-stubblefield-charged-rape.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Former 49ers Star Charged With Rape of Disabled Woman by [Tara John](/author/tara-john/) ## Tara John May 3, 2016 11:33 AM CUT  Dana Stubblefield #94 of the Oakland raiders rests on the bench during a game against the Cincinnati Bengals on September 14, 2003 at the Network Associates Coliseum in Oakland, California. Dana Stubblefield #94 of the Oakland raiders rests on the bench during a game against the Cincinnati Bengals on September 14, 2003 at the Network Associates Coliseum in Oakland, California.The Sporting News—Getty Images by [Tara John](/author/tara-john/) ## Tara John May 3, 2016 11:33 AM CUT Former Raiders defensive tackle and San Francisco 49ers Dana Stubblefield has been charged with raping a disabled woman says Santa Clara Deputy District Attorney’s office. A [press release issued on Monday](https://www.sccgov.org/sites/da/newsroom/newsreleases/Pages/NRA2016/football-player-Stubblefield-rape.aspx "undefined") says Stubblefield, 45, allegedly attacked the 31-year-old victim, who is developmentally disabled, when she had visited his home in Morgan Hill for an interview as a babysitter on April 9, 2015. “This was a crime of violence against a vulnerable victim,” prosecutor Tim McInerny said in the release. “She was looking for a job and she was unconscionably assaulted.” [According to CNN](http://edition.cnn.com/2016/05/02/us/former-nfl-player-rape-charge/ "undefined"), Stubblefield used sittercity.com to arrange a interview with the victim and told her that he would pay for her travel expenses. The sexual assault allegedly took place when the woman returned to his house after forgetting to get the $80 he promised. The former professional football player faces five felony counts related to assault and a substantial prison sentence if convicted. \[[CNN](http://edition.cnn.com/2016/05/02/us/former-nfl-player-rape-charge/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4316019/former-49ers-star-charged-with-rape-of-disabled-woman/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4316019/former-49ers-star-charged-with-rape-of-disabled-woman/"},"headline":"Former 49ers Star Charged With Rape of Disabled Woman","datePublished":"2016-05-03T11:33:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T17:13:30.029Z","description":"It allegedly took place when the woman visited his home in Morgan Hill for an interview as a babysitter","url":"https://time.com/4316019/former-49ers-star-charged-with-rape-of-disabled-woman/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd0d9972b8c2a1909/698891a9a988ca77976b7b1b/dana-stubblefield-charged-rape.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tara John","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tara-john/"}],"articleSection":"Sports","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd0d9972b8c2a1909/698891a9a988ca77976b7b1b/dana-stubblefield-charged-rape.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Dana Stubblefield #94 of the Oakland raiders rests on the bench during a game against the Cincinnati Bengals on September 14, 2003 at the Network Associates Coliseum in Oakland, California.","caption":"Dana Stubblefield #94 of the Oakland raiders rests on the bench during a game against the Cincinnati Bengals on September 14, 2003 at the Network Associates Coliseum in Oakland, California.","creditText":"The Sporting News—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/sports/","name":"Sports"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4316019/former-49ers-star-charged-with-rape-of-disabled-woman/","name":"Former 49ers Star Charged With Rape of Disabled Woman"}}]}] ```