Who Is Darren Sharper? Date-Rape Allegations Raise Serious Questions | Bleacher Report
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Los Angeles prosecutors, in a court motion provided by the prosecution during Sharper's bail hearing last month, say Sharper had the same pattern of attack. They argue that he would meet the women, often in a bar or nightclub, then take them to his home or hotel room. He’d offer them a drink, and they would black out, waking up with no memory of their night but feeling as if they had been sexually assaulted.
Few details about Sharper’s accusers have been made available by law enforcement. Yet police reports in Tempe show that at least
some of the female complainants aren’t just similar in terms of their allegations—they are also similar in appearance: white, with long hair, in their early 20s or younger, thin build, standing approximately 5'6" tall.
Now, within the NFL community, he is practically in exile. Close friends across the sport contacted about Sharper have distanced themselves—none of them want anything to do with him. The people who scouted him, drafted him, coached him, played alongside him, bled with him…they are all seemingly running away from him.
“I’m disgusted by what he’s accused of,” Scott Fujita, a former teammate of Sharper’s in New Orleans, told Bleacher Report. “I’ll just leave it at that for now.” His former college coach,
Jimmye Laycock, who once spoke openly and affectionately of Sharper, declined to comment through a university spokesman.
“Mentioning his name here now,” said an NFL Network employee, “is like mentioning Hitler. He’s been wiped from existence here.”
“When a bunch of us heard about this,” said one NFL Network official, “we all looked at each other said, ‘What the f--k is this?’ We were stunned. We had no clue.”