NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Former National Football League star Darren Sharper could be sentenced on Thursday to 20 years in prison in a case that accuses him of drugging and raping nine women in four states while working as a television analyst.
Sharper, 40, who retired from the NFL in 2011 after helping lead the New Orleans Saints to a Super Bowl championship, pleaded guilty in federal court in Louisiana to distributing controlled substances to unsuspecting women and then having sex with them while they were incapacitated.
He previously had pleaded guilty or no contest to rape or attempted rape charges in Arizona, California and Nevada.