Former NFL safety and NFL Network personality Darren Sharper found out his fate after previously admitting to raping or attempting to rape women in at least four different states.
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Should Sharper serve his entire 18-year term, the 40-year-old disgraced sportsman will be eligible for release from prison in 2032.
This comes on the heels of a previous plea agreement that was rejected by U.S. District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo some six months ago. “I still don’t know why I lived my life right for 38 years, and then I took this path”.
One of Sharper’s victims appeared to confirm that as she spoke in court, crying through prepared remarks, but, nola.com noted, standing tall at the podium.
Sharper’s attorneys, including his New Orleans counsel Billy Gibbens, could not be reached for comment. “I represent victims in Los Angeles and Las Vegas”.
McMahon told the judge in court, “I don’t think Mr”. That was 15 months shy of the maximum sentence.
Facing allegations of drugging and raping women, Sharper pleaded guilty or no-contest to charges in federal court in New Orleans and state courts in Louisiana, Arizona, California and Nevada.
Sharper had pleaded guilty in federal court in New Orleans to drugging three women so he could rape them.
Sharper’s voice thickened and broke as he said he apologized “a thousand times” to the women he abused and to his family and friends. He earlier pleaded guilty in federal court in New Orleans to drugging three women so he could rape them. She also handed him a $20,000 fine.
Both had admitted to distributing drugs with intent to rape.
During his illustrious career the former defensive back played 14 seasons in the National Football League with Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings and New Orleans Saints.
Milazzo has scheduled sentencing October 13 for Licciardi and a second New Orleans codefendant, Erik Nunez. One is expected to get 17 years and the other 10. One of his biggest accomplishments came in 2010, when he won the Super Bowl as a member of the New Orleans Saints.
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He ended a 14-year career in 2011. He was working as an National Football League network analyst when women began reporting similar stories to police where they had blacked out while drinking with Sharper and waking up groggy to find they had been sexually abused.
