March 24, 201511 yr Ex-NFL player Sharper gets 9 years in Arizona sex assault Sharper on Monday admitted to charges of sexual assault and attempted sexual assault arising from the 2013 Arizona case. It is very unusual to sentence defendants immediately after a guilty plea, which normally takes weeks or months. Sharper and appeared in the Phoenix courtroom by video-conferencing from Los Angeles. He also is expected to change his plea in person in Los Angeles on similar allegations. Similar hearings will follow in Las Vegas this week and in New Orleans in the next month. In each state, he's accused of drugging and sexually assaulting women when they were unconscious or otherwise unable to resist or consent. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Warren Granville said Sharper will serve his time in federal custody and that the Louisiana case will be resolved through a federal court. In Arizona, Sharper admitted sexually assaulting one victim, though police say he drugged and sexually assaulted three women, at an apartment in the Phoenix suburb of Tempe in November. Authorities say a search of the Tempe apartment turned up a shot glass with a white residue that turned out to be zolpidem, and California investigators discovered that Sharper had a prescription for the drug. Last year, Sharper's attorneys said their client did not make the drinks that authorities say he used to drug the women. One of the women told police she hadn't had any alcohol that night until Sharper insisted she drink a shot. Another young woman said she had been drugged, then went to bed, locked her door and wasn't attacked. The next day, one of the women confronted Sharper, who denied wrongdoing, according to the reports. Heard on the radio that he has a 8 year sentence, 9 year sentence and a 20 year sentence which are to all run concurrently. With Federal time served being 80%+ he's looking at serving at least 16 years in a federal prison. IMO in cases of rape, pleading out shouldn't reduce the sentence by half or more as in this case. A guy that used to play basketball at the local courts when I was young has been in prison since 1986 for rape and burglary...no way Sharper should get out this quickly.
March 24, 201511 yr Ex-NFL player Sharper gets 9 years in Arizona sex assault Heard on the radio that he has a 8 year sentence, 9 year sentence and a 20 year sentence which are to all run concurrently. With Federal time served being 80%+ he's looking at serving at least 16 years in a federal prison. IMO in cases of rape, pleading out shouldn't reduce the sentence by half or more as in this case. A guy that used to play basketball at the local courts when I was young has been in prison since 1986 for rape and burglary...no way Sharper should get out this quickly. I read it like he is only getting 9 years. He should never be a free man again IMO.
March 24, 201511 yr Author I read it like he is only getting 9 years. He should never be a free man again IMO. He's getting another 20 in Louisiana is what they said on the radio last night. That article didn't mention the Louisiana sentence just that he had federal time there also.
March 24, 201511 yr All his time will be spent concurrently from AZ, NV and LA. He will be 20 years in prison. Don't know about parole.
March 25, 201511 yr According to TMZ, he will only serve 9 years. Celebrity Gossip | Entertainment News | Celebrity News | TMZ.com
March 25, 201511 yr Disgusting human being. NFL guys don't tend to have problems getting women. This guy is just pure evil.
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