NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Two men charged in connection with sexual assaults involving former NFL star Darren Sharper in Louisiana asked a federal judge Tuesday for separate trials in a widely watched case that saw Sharper fall from football hero to imprisoned rapist.
Erik Nunez and former St. Bernard Parish sheriff's deputy Brandon Licciardi are the remaining defendants in state and federal cases in which Sharper has pleaded guilty.
Nunez has pleaded not guilty to a charge that he obstructed the federal case by destroying a cellphone that contained evidence - lurid pictures of women, according to testimony.