Sharper loses bid to undo plea deal
Former Packer, Viking Darren Sharper loses bid to undo plea deal in rape case
Attorneys for Sharper argued in a motion filed last year that he was not adequately advised by his previous lawyers on the consequences of his 2016 guilty plea, which arose from allegations that Sharper drugged and sexually assaulted as many as 16 women in four states.
U.S. District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo denied the motion in an order signed Wednesday. Milazzo noted in accompanying reasons, signed July 9 and made public Wednesday, that the former New Orleans Saints player had twice said in open court that he understood the terms of his plea agreement.
"This Court believes that Sharper's claim that he did not know the terms of his plea agreement and that his attorneys had not counseled him regarding the agreement is merely an attempt to avoid the harsh consequences of his actions," Milazzo wrote.
Sharper retired from the league in 2011. He was working as an NFL network analyst when women in several cities began telling police they had blacked out while drinking with him and woke up groggy to discover they had been sexually assaulted.
After he was arrested and jailed in Los Angeles in 2014, he initially fought charges. As allegations and criminal charges mounted, a "global" plea deal involving the federal court in New Orleans and state courts in Louisiana, Arizona, California and Nevada was announced. The deal was expected to result in Sharper spending about nine years in prison.
But Milazzo rejected the sentence as too light. She gave Sharper the option of withdrawing his plea. After he decided to maintain the plea, Milazzo sentenced him to 18 years and four months.
Hurry-up Vikings, we ain't getting any younger!
Good for Judge Milazzo. Its bullshit he could plea down to 9 years. 18 years has some real heft to it.
Was he advised what he could have faced had he took all these cases from different jurisdictions to verdicts individually? Nine years was a bad joke. Anything less then 25 to life for a serial rapist is getting off easy.
@"suncoastvike" said: Was he advised what he could have faced had he took all these cases from different jurisdictions to verdicts individually? Nine years was a bad joke. Anything less then 25 to life for a serial rapist is getting off easy.anything that allows them to continue to live is letting them off easy.
@"JimmyinSD" said:I wouldn't shed a tear if he caught a shank in the throat while in there. What is really disturbing about this is the pure volume of victims or potential victims. They say as many as 16. Ok so maybe some had no credible evidence. How many others never knew who he was or was so out of it by being drugged just buried the incidents in the mind and went on living scarred from that night they trusted that charming man with alot of money. Rape is rape dude. You had it all going on. You didn't need to resort to this. It's a sickness in you that made you want it that way. As many as 16??? I'm going to say sense many don't get reported for which ever reason. There are alot more lives out there touched by your charms.@"suncoastvike" said: Was he advised what he could have faced had he took all these cases from different jurisdictions to verdicts individually? Nine years was a bad joke. Anything less then 25 to life for a serial rapist is getting off easy. anything that allows them to continue to live is letting them off easy.
He’s in a pretty cush prison unfortunately, Michael Cohens neighbor, so to speak... it seems money even buys a convicted criminal some comforts. :s
@"suncoastvike" said:Violent rapists (not talking statuatory here) are the lowest forms of life there is IMO and does not deserve to live once caught and convicted. For a murder victim that pain stops with their last breath, for a legit rape victim every breath can bring something that renews the hell they were put through. serial rapists are the worst as they have time after their encounter to think about what they have done and they feel no remorse and continue to fuck up other peoples lives repeatedly. kill em slowly IMO.@"JimmyinSD" said:I wouldn't shed a tear if he caught a shank in the throat while in there. What is really disturbing about this is the pure volume of victims or potential victims. They say as many as 16. Ok so maybe some had no credible evidence. How many others never knew who he was or was so out of it by being drugged just buried the incidents in the mind and went on living scarred from that night they trusted that charming man with alot of money. Rape is rape dude. You had it all going on. You didn't need to resort to this. It's a sickness in you that made you want it that way. As many as 16??? I'm going to say sense many don't get reported for which ever reason. There are alot more lives out there touched by your charms.@"suncoastvike" said: Was he advised what he could have faced had he took all these cases from different jurisdictions to verdicts individually? Nine years was a bad joke. Anything less then 25 to life for a serial rapist is getting off easy. anything that allows them to continue to live is letting them off easy.
Nice try POS. Now go back and cry on Bubba's shoulder!
@"Kentis" said: He’s in a pretty cush prison unfortunately, Michael Cohens neighbor, so to speak... it seems money even buys a convicted criminal some comforts. :sI bet El Chapo disagrees.
Good for the judge.
Sorry state of affairs when a loser convict plays the victim card. Screw him...literally.
That sentence is still about 100 years light.
This is one of those times that I hope karma is very real, and is a huge part of his life in prison.
18 years was an absurd sentance...part of the reason only 1 in 10 rapes get reported...Sharper and anyone else who rapes should never walk the streets again...
I actually had this scumbags' jersey. It's now in a landfill somewhere. Too bad he isn't.
@"BarrNone55" said: 18 years was an absurd sentance...part of the reason only 1 in 10 rapes get reported...Sharper and anyone else who rapes should never walk the streets again...Huge part of why so many go unreported. The victims are revictimized by the legal process. Rape sentences are way too light. I don't think a rapist should ever have a sentence lightened for good behavior.
@"Vikergirl" said:I don’t think the sentences are any reason why.@"BarrNone55" said: 18 years was an absurd sentance...part of the reason only 1 in 10 rapes get reported...Sharper and anyone else who rapes should never walk the streets again... Huge part of why so many go unreported. The victims are revictimized by the legal process. Rape sentences are way too light. I don't think a rapist should ever have a sentence lightened for good behavior.I think fear of being attacked by attorneys and historical and cultural bullshit that questioned victims complicity.
The culture needs to change.
That doesn’t mean we throw out due process rights of alleged perps. We can’t just accept suspect claims like in the Kavanaugh case without proof.
We need better education.
@"Vikergirl" said:In the case of Jameis Winston. That girl got raped twice. 1st by the serial sexual assulter. Then by campus and local police that wouldn't dare investigate during a NCAA. Championship season.@"BarrNone55" said: 18 years was an absurd sentance...part of the reason only 1 in 10 rapes get reported...Sharper and anyone else who rapes should never walk the streets again... Huge part of why so many go unreported. The victims are revictimized by the legal process. Rape sentences are way too light. I don't think a rapist should ever have a sentence lightened for good behavior.
@"suncoastvike" said:Yeah that was complete and utter bullshit. Clearly winning football games was more important. It's very difficult for a rape victim to get justice. Then there's the backlog of rape test kits. Even when the victim goes through the testing and the questioning, sometimes years go by before her kit is tested and many times, it's not tested at all.@"Vikergirl" said:In the case of Jameis Winston. That girl got raped twice. 1st by the serial sexual assulter. Then by campus and local police that wouldn't dare investigate during a NCAA. Championship season.@"BarrNone55" said: 18 years was an absurd sentance...part of the reason only 1 in 10 rapes get reported...Sharper and anyone else who rapes should never walk the streets again... Huge part of why so many go unreported. The victims are revictimized by the legal process. Rape sentences are way too light. I don't think a rapist should ever have a sentence lightened for good behavior.
@"Vikergirl" said:Another big part of it is most the perpetrators are not unknown to the victims. They don't do nothing more then ask him questions. If I was a young girl I'd think twice about alerting your tortmentor you went to the cops. If you've been told they won't do anything by others who've been through it.@"suncoastvike" said:Yeah that was complete and utter bullshit. Clearly winning football games was more important. It's very difficult for a rape victim to get justice. Then there's the backlog of rape test kits. Even when the victim goes through the testing and the questioning, sometimes years go by before her kit is tested and many times, it's not tested at all.@"Vikergirl" said:In the case of Jameis Winston. That girl got raped twice. 1st by the serial sexual assulter. Then by campus and local police that wouldn't dare investigate during a NCAA. Championship season.@"BarrNone55" said: 18 years was an absurd sentance...part of the reason only 1 in 10 rapes get reported...Sharper and anyone else who rapes should never walk the streets again... Huge part of why so many go unreported. The victims are revictimized by the legal process. Rape sentences are way too light. I don't think a rapist should ever have a sentence lightened for good behavior.
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