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Former Raider testifies in Vegas robbery trial

Published Apr. 15, 2010 1:29 a.m. ET

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Former Oakland Raiders wide receiver Javon Walker told a Las Vegas jury he was very drunk but remembered a man grabbing his 2-carat diamond earrings while he was being robbed in a vehicle almost two years ago.

Walker was the first witness Wednesday in the kidnapping, battery and robbery trial of 42-year-old Deshawn Lamont Thomas.

Thomas faces multiple charges and the possibility of life in prison if convicted.

Prosecutors say Thomas and a 32-year-old co-defendant, Arfat Abdo Fadel, convinced the intoxicated Walker to get into their vehicle after he spent a night club-hopping in June 2008.

Walker was later found beaten, robbed and unconscious about a block off the Las Vegas Strip.

Fadel has pleaded guilty to lesser charges.

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