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Ex-NFL safety Darren Sharper sentenced to 20 years in prison

Darren Sharper, the ex-safety for the Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings and New Orleans Saints, was sentenced Tuesday by a Los Angeles Superior Court to 20 years in prison. Sharper's sentence was part of a plea agreement for drugging and raping women in four different states.

Judge Michael Pastor, who conducted the sentencing hearing, denounced Sharper's "horrible conduct'' and "disgraceful abuse of trust," according to the Associated Press. Two victims described the night they were attacked by Sharper during the hearing in California.

The first, identified as Jane Doe 2, stated, "I started vomiting, my head was pounding and I had trouble seeing clearly,'' and that the night Sharper raped her was "the worst night of my life.