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Longtime NFL safety Darren Sharper was one of three men indicted Friday on rape charges in New Orleans.
Ken Daley of NOLA.com was among the first to report the news:
BREAKING: Darren Sharper, 2 others indicted in New Orleans rape cases. More soon @NOLANews
— Ken Daley (@Ken_Daley) December 12, 2014
According to Natasha Robin of Fox 8 New Orleans, the charges stem from two separate 2013 incidents involving three women total. Sharper was indicted on a simple rape charge from Aug. 31, as well as two aggravated rape charges from Sept. 23, when both him and alleged accomplice Erik Nunez were accused of raping two women in Sharper's New Orleans apartment.
As Mike Perlstein and WWLTV.com staff (via USA Today) note, these are not the only sexual assault charges Sharper is facing:
Sharper, who remains in a Los Angeles jail, is under investigation for a total of eight alleged rapes and 11 druggings in four states: Louisiana, Nevada, Arizona and California. He is being held without bond in Los Angeles County jail as he awaits trial on two rape charges there. He also has been formally charged in two rapes in Tempe, Arizona.
Alleged accomplices Nunez and St. Bernard Parish Deputy Brandon Licciardi were also indicted, per Perlstein:
Along with Darren Sharper and Erik Nunez, St. Bernard sheriff's deputy Brandon Liccardi indicted for agg rape and human trafficking.
— Mike Perlstein (@MikePerlstein) December 12, 2014
WDSU's Travers Mackal also notes that Sharper and Licciardi are facing drug charges:
In a six-count indictment, federal prosecutors said Sharper and Licciardi, a St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's Office deputy at the time of the incident, did "knowingly and intentionally combine, conspire, confederate and agree with each other and others, both known and unknown to the grand jury, to distribute Alprazolam, Diazepam and Zolphidem, schedule IV controlled substances, with the intent to commit a crime of violence, that is, rape..."
Licciardi's involvement isn't fully understood at this point, though Perlstein and staff note that "investigators had looked into telephone text messages and images Sharper and Liccardi (sic) exchanged around the time a woman accused Sharper of rape."
Perlstein points out that Sharper could face life in prison if found guilty:
Darren Sharper, Erik Nunez and St. Bernard deputy Brandon Licciardi all face possible life sentences for agg rape after today's indictment.
— Mike Perlstein (@MikePerlstein) December 12, 2014
Per Daley of NOLA.com, "Orleans Parish Criminal District Court Judge Karen Herman set bond for Sharper and Nunez at $2.5 million. Licciardi's bond was set at $2.9 million."
The 39-year-old Sharper was a five-time Pro Bowler and six-time All-Pro in 14 seasons with the Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings and New Orleans Saints. He won a Super Bowl with the Saints in 2010 and retired following the next regular season.
With 63 career interceptions, Sharper is widely regarded as one of the best NFL safeties since his rookie season of 1997. With such serious charges against him, however, his impressive NFL career may now be moot.
Cant cape for criminals just because they're black and famous.
ur a nfl player drugging hoes, where u can go to instagram/tinder and snatch a thot... or hell walk into almost any club flashing that super bowl ring and have panties dropped off right in front of u
I know bruh, just a play off Chris Rock saying Big Ben was the original Cosby. Which I agree makes no fukking sense
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