Darren Sharper charged with two counts of rape in Las Vegas; sex assault in 3 other cities

[Panich52]

From TMZ 3/20/15:
http://m.tmz.com/#Article/2015/03/20/darren-sharper-charged-with-rape-in-vegas

Darren Sharper has just been charged with two counts of rape in Las Vegas -- after prosecutors say he sexually assaulted two women in January 2014. 

The details surrounding the allegations are unclear.  A hearing has been set for April 3rd. 

The former NFL superstar is also facing sexual assault charges in 3 other cities ... L.A., New Orleans and Phoenix. 

In both Arizona and California, prosecutors say Sharper drugged his victims and then sexually assaulted them. 

Sharper is currently behind bars in L.A.

For his part, Sharper has previously denied any wrongdoing. 
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CBSSports 3/21/15:

Lawyer: Darren Sharper to plead guilty to rape charges in four states
By Michael Hurcomb / CBSSports.com

Former NFL safety Darren Sharper is facing prison time after he reached a plea agreement Friday that will settle rape charges involving at least nine women in four states, according to the Associated Press.

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[atreides1]

1. He got a sweetheart deal

38 months to 8 years for 9 sexual assaults...to be served concurrently!!!


I'll bet he never got a deal like this playing for the NFL.

[NaturalHigh]

3. 38 months to 8 years

For a confirmed serial predator? He should be doing life.

[Jenoch]

2. He knows he s guilty.

I wonder if one of the judges in the other states will hold firm on sentencing.

[NaturalHigh]

4. The authorities should keep investigating.

He got off easy for these assaults, but there may very well be more victims out there. If they can be found and are willing to cooperate, maybe he will get the sentence that he deserves.

[Jenoch]

6. I am sure there are mkre victims than those

that have been identified so far. I imagine some of those victims are acraid to come forward and possibly believe there enough that have already come fkrward so it is not necessary for them to do so as well.

I just hope that in one of the cases he gets the book tbrown at him and has to serve a longer sentence than the one given to him already.

He must be psychotic. Rape is about power and not about sex and Sharper proves it.

[LittleBlue]

5. Sounds like Cosby. nt

[Baclava]

7. Darren Sharper gets 20 years in Louisiana rapes, but will serve just nine years

Ex-Saint pleads guilty to drugging, raping in 4 states

His deal with Orleans Parish District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro’s office calls for a 20-year sentence on the Louisiana charges, the source said, but he will be required to serve only half that amount under the terms of the deal. Sharper is also getting credit for the year he already has spent in jail.

Under the deal, Sharper will serve the bulk of his prison time in federal custody, followed by probation and lifetime registration as a sex offender. The federal prison stint means a break of sorts for Sharper, as federal prison is generally considered preferable to state prison.

The sentence, surprisingly lenient to some legal observers, is part of an all-encompassing settlement Sharper reached in the four states where he has been charged with drugging and raping women: Louisiana, California, Nevada and Arizona. The agreement also will resolve a federal drug case in New Orleans accusing Sharper of conspiring with a former St. Bernard Parish Sheriff’s Office deputy, Brandon Licciardi, to drug women to prime them for rape.

Shaun Clarke, a former federal prosecutor in New Orleans, said that nine years behind bars for Sharper seems lenient, given the grave criminal charges he faced in four states. The sentence may mean that Sharper is cooperating with authorities in the cases against Licciardi and Nunez, Clarke said.

“The reality of the criminal justice system, fair or not, is that if you can bring others into the net, you’ve got something to trade. That’s just the way it is,” Clarke said.

[url]http://www.theneworleansadvocate.com/news/11920705-123/darren-sharper-takes-20-year-deal[/url]

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so he's gonna turn snitch too?