Oftentimes, as history has shown, young people who suddenly step into money, resort to drug use, partying, and other destructive behaviors. But in the case of the athletes in the following list, they turned to crime.

Whether they were just starting out in their careers or were established for many years, they all wound up in the same place- in big trouble with the law. While some crimes were more minor than others, a bunch on the list are pretty horrific. Take a look…

O.J. Simpson

In 1994, OJ Simpson, the former running back, was accused of the death of his former wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman. But in 1997, Simpson was acquitted after a public trial. Then in 2007, Simpson was arrested again, but this time, charged with numerous felonies including burglary, assault, robbery, and kidnapping. He was convicted in 2008 and sentenced to thirty years in prison, although he was released in 2017 after serving only nine.

Mike Tyson

The former boxing champion was charged in 1991 with the rape of Desiree Washington, an 18-year-old college student. In 1992, he was convicted to ten years in prison but the judge suspended the last four years, giving Tyson only six years behind bars. Tyson was released from jail in March 1995.

Michael Vick

In 2007, Vick was sentenced to 23 months in prison for running a "cruel and inhumane" dogfighting ring and lying about it. The suspended Atlanta Falcons quarterback could have been sentenced up to five years by U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudon, but after pleading guilty, he only spent 21 months behind bars.

Barry Bonds

Former San Francisco Giants outfielder, Barry Bonds, was involved in a perjury case regarding the use of anabolic steroids. In 2011, Bonds was convicted of one felony count of obstruction of justice for giving an incomplete answer to a question in grand jury testimony. A mistrial was declared on the remaining three counts of perjury and those charges were dropped. Bonds was sentenced to two years probation and thirty days home confinement for the crimes.

Allen Iverson

While in high school, when Iverson was 17, he was convicted of a felony charge of maiming by mob for which he served four months at Newport News City Farm before being granted clemency. During his basketball career, Iverson was also arrested for 14 other felony and misdemeanor charges, involving drug and weapons possession. But most of the charges were dropped in 2002 during his trial.

Pete Rose

Known to many as "Charlie Hustle," Rose was a former Major League Baseball player and manager. When he was serving as the manager of the Cincinnati Reds, it was found that he had illegally gambled and bet on baseball games, causing him to be permanently suspended from the sport. In 1989, Commissioner Bart Giamatti suspended Rose from the sport of baseball for life. Then, the following year, Rose served a five-month sentence in a federal correctional institution for tax evasion.

Ryan Leaf

Leaf played for the Diego Chargers and the Dallas Cowboys, but in 2009, he was indicted for burglary and substance abuse. He was arrested by customs agents at the border while returning to the United States. In 2010, he pleaded guilty to the felony charges and was sentenced to ten years or probation. But in 2012, he was arrested for theft, burglary and drug charges. By 2014, he was released from prison and was placed under the supervision of a parole officer.

Ray Lewis

This former Baltimore Ravens player got in a fight after a Super Bowl party in Atlanta, and it resulted in the deaths of two men. Lewis and his friends were questioned and a few days later, they were indicted for assault and murder charges. Lewis entered a plea deal but subsequently, the murder charges against him were dropping. He was later charged with obstruction of justice and a misdemeanor and was fined $250,000 by the NFL.

Riddick Bowe

It was reported that Bowe, a former heavyweight champion, kidnapped his estranged wife Judy and their five children in 1992. He forced them to ride his vehicle and go to his Maryland home, and by then he stabbed Judy in the chest. Fortunately, she survived the incident and Bowe was captured in Virginia and charged with assault and kidnapping. He was sentenced to 17 months in federal prison and was released in 1998.

Oscar Pistorius

Pistorius is a South African sprint runner, whose legs were amputated when he was only 11-years-old. He was the first amputee to participate and win in the 2012 Summer Olympics. But in 2013, Pistorius had shot his model girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. According to him, he believed Steenkamp was an intruder hiding in the bathroom. He was arrested and accused of murder, with a minimum prison sentence of ten years.

Aaron Hernandez

A former American football player, Hernandez was drafted by the New England Patriots. But the Patriots released him immediately after he was arrested for the death of Odin Lloyd. In 2013, he was indicted for the murder of Lloyd and then in 2014, he was indicted for the double homicide of Safiro Furtado and Daniel de Abreu. He is now serving his life in prison without parole.

Eddie Johnson

This NBA All-Star began piling up convictions in the 1980s for burglary, drug possession, and battery. Once he was banished from the NBA, his life spiraled and he admitted to having frequent drug problems, which initially cost him his career. But due his multiple sexual assault convictions, including the rape of an 8-year-old girl, he was sentenced to a mandatory life sentence without parole.

Mark Rogowski

This San Diego skateboarding legend went through a difficult time when he was dumped by his then-girlfriend Brandi McClain. When McClain's old friend, Jessica Bergsten asked Rogowski to show her around San Diego, the skater obliged. After spending the day together, Rogowski beat, raped and murdered Bergsten in his apartment. He's currently being held at Men's Colony in Bergsten and won't be up for parole until 2018.

Tony Ayala Jr.

Ayala Jr. had a promising boxing career until he sexually assaulted a woman and received a 35-year prison sentence. After sixteen years, he was released but was arrested again for possession of drug paraphernalia in 2004. He was released in 2014, around the time his father died, but Ayala Jr. passed away himself the following year.

Mike Danton

This former NHL player did a 5-year sentence for hiring a hit man to kill his junior hockey coach and agent, David Frost. After attending a hockey camp when he was 13, Danton's parents filed a complaint that their youngest son Tom was bound naked to a bed and photographed by Frost, forced to dance naked on a table and shot by a BB gun while hanging from a tree. After his release from prison, Danton was playing hockey when one of his teammates fell to the ice. Using the first-aid training he received in prison, Danton likely saved his teammate's life.