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Ex-NFL star Sharper sentenced to 20 years in prison in drug, rape cases (Reuters)

(Reuters) - Former National Football League star Darren Sharper was sentenced on Tuesday to 20 years in prison after admitting to drugging and raping two women in California, concluding a string of sexual abuse cases that spanned several states.

Sharper, 41, pleaded no contest to charges in California of rape by use of drugs and furnishing a controlled substance, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office said in a statement. District Attorney spokeswoman Jane Robinson said this was the last sentencing he faced.

The sentence will run concurrently with a previous 18-year sentence handed down in a federal court in Louisiana on similar charges, according to the U.