Former All-Pro safety Darren Sharper has been sentenced to 18 years in prison by a federal judge, after he was accused of drugging and raping as many as 16 women in four states.
Judge Jane Triche Milazzo, of the Eastern District of Louisiana, sentenced Sharper on Thursday, after he had pleaded guilty or no-contest to myriad charges, stemming from accusations that he had drugged and raped women in Louisiana, Nevada, California and Arizona; Sharper was facing cases in all four states as well as federal court.
Prosecutors had offered a 9-year prison term for Sharper, which would have accounted for all jurisdictions, but Triche Milazzo rejected the deal, saying in June that it was too lenient.