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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Disgraced NFL star Darren Sharper’s attempt to get out of a 2016 plea deal and 18-year prison sentence in a sexual assault case has been rejected by a federal judge. Attorneys for Sharper argued in a motion filed last year that he was not adequately advised by his previous lawyers on […]

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former NFL star Darren Sharper was sentenced Tuesday a 20-year prison term, ending a tour of shame and punishment in the courthouse where he first admitted drugging and raping women in four states. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor denounced Sharper’s “horrible conduct” and “disgraceful abuse of trust” during the […]

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CANTON, Ohio (AP) — The inclusion of former NFL safety and convicted rapist Darren Sharper on this year’s list of Pro Football Hall of Fame nominees has created a national outcry. Sharper, a five-time Pro Bowler, pleaded guilty in 2015 to drugging and raping up to 16 women in four states. U.S. District Court Judge […]

Darren Sharper was sentenced on Thursday after being arrested in 2014 in connection with the sexual assault of multiple women.

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    NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former NFL star Darren Sharper has been sentenced to 18 years and four months in prison in a case where he was accused of drugging and raping as many as 16 women in four states. U.S. District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo sentenced Sharper on Thursday. He earlier pleaded guilty […]

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The NFL announced its 2016 Hall of Fame nominees, and one person on the list has raised eyebrows because he’s currently in prison after admitting to multiple sexual assaults. There’s no doubt that six-time All-Pro safety Darren Sharper deserves consideration for his on-the-field play. But he’s also an admitted serial rapist who this year began serving […]

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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Sentencing has been reset to Dec. 17 for former NFL star Darren Sharper in a felony Las Vegas attempted sex assault case made part of a four-state plea agreement. Defense attorney Richard Schonfeld said Wednesday that prosecutors didn’t oppose the delay during a Sept. 3 hearing in Clark County District Court. […]

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Former NFL safety Darren Sharper pleaded guilty in a New Orleans federal court on Friday to three counts of conspiracy to distribute drugs with the intent to commit rape, reports the New Orleans Advocate. Authorities charged Sharper and another man with distributing the drugs alprazolam, diazepam and zolpidem—more commonly known by the brand names Xanax, […]

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Unless your name is Darren Sharper, you’re most likely to resume a regular life away from the prison system after serving time behind bars. Apparently, that will not be the case for Sharper, who will end up serving nine years in prison for raping multiple women. According to the New Orleans Advocate, two New Orleans […]