A federal judge in New Orleans has rejected a plea deal against Darren Sharper in the rape case against the former NFL star. Sharper was already sentenced to eight years in Arizona, but awaits formal sentencing in several other states.
Sharper’s plea deal included a nine-year sentence for assaults against as many as 16 women in four states. U.S. District Court Judge Jane Triche Trish Milazzo thought that punishment did not go far enough. She noted a pre-sentence report compiled by federal authorities and federal sentencing guidelines that called for a sentence between 15 and 20 years.
Sharper ended a 14-year career in 2011. He was working as an NFL network analyst when women began telling police in several cities similar stories of blacking out while drinking with him and waking up groggy to find they had been sexually assaulted.
