Hillcrest High Impostor Who Dated 14-year-old Girl When He Was 25 Gets Probation

A 26-year-old man was sentenced to six years' probation Tuesday after pleading guilty to posing as a 17-year-old at Hillcrest High School and dating a 14-year-old while reliving his basketball glory days.Sidney Gilstrap-Portley was charged with indecency with a child and three counts of tampering with a government record.He was also sentenced to five years of probation for the tampering charges. All of the probated sentences will be served concurrently. The plea deal spares Gilstrap-Portley any time behind bars, other than the jail time he's already served. The indecency charge was a third-degree felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison.Gilstrap-Portley first enrolled at Skyline High School in Dallas under the fake name "Rashun Richardson," claiming to be a homeless Hurricane Harvey refugee. A few months later, he moved to Hillcrest High and joined the basketball team.While he was there, he dated a girl who was 14 at the time, the girl and her mother have told The Dallas Morning News.  Continue reading...

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