Who is Kimesha Williams? Kawhi Leonard’s sister sentenced to life for murdering 84-year-old Afaf Assad
James Bradley
Published Jan 09, 2026
Kimesha Williams is the sister of Kawhi Leonard
She was given a lifelong incarceration in jail without the chance of parole in the wake of being sentenced for killing an older lady
Williams had a criminal history even prior to being indicted for homicide
Kimesha Williams, the sister of Trimmers whiz Kawhi Leonard, was given a lifelong incarceration in jail without the chance of parole in the wake of being sentenced for killing an old lady.
Williams was charged and later sentenced for first-degree murder, burglary, and senior maltreatment back in February. On Friday, she was given her sentence. Candace Townsell, 42, likewise got a similar conviction and sentence for the homicide which occurred in 2019.
Who is Kimesha Williams? Kimesha Monae Williams is 39 years of age. She and her companion, Townsell, were at Pechanga Resort Club in Temecula, California, when Afaf Assad, 84, showed up with her significant other. They pair holding up till Assad to a washroom. While Townsell played post, Williams went into the restroom and hindered a caretaker from entering the washroom.
Assad was hefting around $1,000 in her satchel containing for betting. At the point when Assad was found by specialists on call, her skull was broken and she was draining from the head. Her handbag was absent. She wound up losing her life four days after the fact.
Kimesha Williams, who is the sister of Kawhi Leonard, and one other woman were sentenced to life in prison the killing of an elderly woman at a Pechanga Resort and Casino.
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Williams had a criminal history even prior to being indicted for homicide. Back in 2015, Williams was prohibited from a similar club after she took a wallet with the assistance of an accessory. Denise Woodard, Williams’ auntie affirmed that Kimesha is Leonard’s sister. It has been accounted for, in any case, that Leonard has attempted to limit any association with his sister after the episode.
“This has been a long, difficult excursion through the lawbreaker court equity framework,” Mary, the casualty’s girl, said in the casualty influence proclamation. “I actually can’t completely accept that my mom was the survivor of a fierce wrongdoing. … Part of me died in that clinic room with her. My dad is without his significant other and accomplice and is confined and alone in a manner we can’t start to comprehend … We look for not retaliation but rather there should be a retribution for their offensive demonstration.”
Williams actually keeps up with that she didn’t kill anybody in an explanation. “I am so upset for your misfortune,” Williams’ assertion read. “I have been petitioning God for yourself as well as your family consistently. I’m not answerable for the passing of Mrs. Assad. Albeit the courts have viewed me to be very muchliable of the charges, we as a whole know reality, and that there is one adjudicator, and that is God, and that he knows reality.”