Anthony Smith

Defensive end, American football player

1967 –

65

Who is Anthony Smith?

Anthony Wayne Smith is a former American football defensive end in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Raiders 11th overall in the 1990 NFL Draft. He played college football at Arizona.

On March 4, 2011, Smith was charged with murder along with two others in the 2008 death of a Southern California man. On July 4, 2012, Smith was charged with three additional murders that were committed between 1999 and 2001.

He was previously married to former pop star Vanity.

Smith was charged with four Los Angeles-area slayings Thursday July 5, 2012. He was charged in 2011 with committing the 2008 murder of Maurilio Ponce, which ended with a hung jury. Prosecutors refiled that charge and added three other counts of first degree murder. On October 12, 2012, a Los Angeles County judge ordered Smith must stand trial for the four murders.

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Born
Jun 28, 1967
Elizabeth City
Also known as
  • Anthony Wayne Smith
Spouses
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Northeastern University
  • University of Arizona
Lived in
  • Elizabeth City

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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