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Sharper pleads guilty to rape, finishes multistate plea deal (The Associated Press)

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Former New Orleans Saints player Darren Sharper pleaded guilty Monday to rape in Louisiana, completing a series of pleas in four states that will see him serve at least nine years in prison for drugging and sexually assaulting women.

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Sharper entered his plea - guilty to two counts of forcible rape and one count of simple rape -in a Louisiana state court in New Orleans, a short drive from the federal court where he pleaded guilty last month.