Darren Sharper Sentenced in Nevada Sex Assault Case: Latest Details and Comments

October 27, 2016   ·   Adam Wells   ·   Jump to comments

Former NFL safety Darren Sharper was sentenced to up to eight years in prison for sexual assault Thursday.
Per the Associated Press (via Fox Sports), a Nevada judge sentenced Sharper as part of a four-state plea deal, with Sharper ordered to serve the sentence concurrently with an 18-year sentence from Louisiana on state and federal charges.
The AP noted Sharper is appealing his conviction and sentencing on the charges in Louisiana.
In March 2015, Sharper was charged with two counts of sexual assault in Las Vegas, stemming from an alleged attack on two women in January 2014, per Veronica Rocha and Stephen Ceasar of the Los Angeles Times.
"The Las Vegas charges accuse Sharper of drugging the women and assaulting them when he knew that they were 'mentally or physically incapable of resisting,'" Rocha and Ceasar reported.
Sharper entered a plea deal on the Nevada charges in March 2015, which included an eight-year maximum sentence and a potential release aft...

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