Former NFL Player Darren Sharper Gets Two Prison Sentences For Rape Charges

Sharper is charged with multiple counts of drugging and raping women in four states.

Former NFL player Darren Sharper on Monday pled guilty to rape charges in Las Vegas and Arizona as part of a plea deal to resolve accusations against him in four states.

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Prosecutors have called him a "serial rapist" due to the formulaic nature of the allegations against him: In each state, he is accused of drugging women he met at bars then sexually assaulting them later that night.

He was charged with two counts of sexual assault and was facing a possible life sentence in Las Vegas. Sharper's deal allowed him to plead guilty to one charge of attempted sexual assault. He will serve a minimum of 38 months in prison, which can be served concurrently with sentences from his other cases.

In Arizona, Sharper was sentenced to nine years in prison with credit for 391 days served. He pled guilty to two counts of attempted sexual assault and one sexual assault charge.

Sharper was arrested in January 2014 on sexual assault charges in Los Angeles.

He is expected to plead guilty to state and federal charges in New Orleans later this month.

Sharper's NFL career began in 1997 when he was drafted by the Green Bay Packers. He retired in 2011, having most recently played with the New Orleans Saints, with whom he won a Super Bowl.

He was working for the NFL Network as an analyst at the time of his arrest.