Longtime NFL safety Darren Sharper has been charged with rape in Las Vegas, according to the Associated Press.
Already facing sexual assault charges in Los Angeles, New Orleans and Arizona, a Las Vegas judge brought up two more sexual assault charges against Sharper stemming from allegations from January 2014. Those allegations state that Sharper “forced sex on two women while they were incapable of resisting.” Each charge carries a potential sentence of 10 years to life.
The 39-year-old Sharper has been in jail in Los Angeles since Feb. 27 after pleading not guilty to drugging and raping two women in 2013. Additionally, Sharper been accused of drugging and sexually assaulting three other women in New Orleans in 2013 and indicted on charges of drugging three women and sexually assaulting two of them in 2013 in Tempe, Ariz.
Sharper played in the NFL for 14 seasons for the Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings and New Orleans Saints before retiring in 2010. Sharper played in six Pro Bowls and was a six-time All Pro selection. He won a Super Bowl with the Saints in 2010.
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