Ex-NFL star Darren Sharper to appear twice in New Orleans court after multi-state plea deal

The Associated Press
March 27, 2015 at 11:47AM
FILE - In this Feb. 20, 2014, file photo, former NFL safety Darren Sharper appears in Los Angeles Superior Court in Los Angeles.
FILE - In this Feb. 20, 2014, file photo, former NFL safety Darren Sharper appears in Los Angeles Superior Court in Los Angeles. (Colleen Kelly — ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

NEW ORLEANS — An April 7 court date has been set in a Louisiana state court for Darren Sharper, the former NFL star who has entered pleas in four states where he is accused of drugging and sexually assaulting women.

So far, Sharper has pleaded guilty to charges in Las Vegas and Arizona, and no-contest in Los Angeles.

The April 7 appearance in New Orleans criminal district court will follow an April 6 date in federal court, also in New Orleans.

Sharper, who has been jailed for more than a year, is expected to serve another nine years in prison as a result of the multi-jurisdiction plea deal.

Sharper retired in 2011 after a 14-year NFL career that included a Super Bowl victory with the New Orleans Saints.

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