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Criminal charges against Sharper began being filed in 2014 in Arizona, California, and Louisiana, alleging he is a serial rapist. On January 17, 2014, Sharper was arrested in Los Angeles on two separate counts of sexual assault. The alleged incidents are said to have happened in October 2013 and January 2014. According to USA Today, the New Orleans Police Department indicated that it also was investigating an allegation of sexual assault which was filed September 24, 2013, against Sharper.
On February 14, 2014, Sharper was officially charged with two counts of rape by use of drugs and five related felony counts. Sharper was released on $200,000 bond, which at the request of the prosecution was raised to $1,000,000. Sharper has pleaded not guilty to the charges. Conditions of his bail include not to frequent any establishment that served alcohol as well as not to be alone with any women with whom he has not had a previous relationship prior to October 13, 2013, the date of his first alleged rape. Sharper could face up to 30 years in prison if convicted of all counts.
Officials in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, filed two charges of aggravated rape against Sharper and another two counts against Erik Nunez, 26, on February 27, 2014, related to the alleged September 2013 incident in New Orleans. Investigators said a second woman came forward with a complaint following an initial report shortly after the alleged rape. Louisiana law states that a person convicted of committing aggravated rape shall be punished by life imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence. On December 12, 2014 an Orleans Parish grand jury indicted Sharper on two counts of aggravated rape; if convicted, he could face a life sentence.On March 12, 2015, Sharper was charged with an additional sexual assault in Arizona.
On March 20, 2015, Sharper was charged with two sexual assault charges in Las Vegas involving two women in January 2014. Later on the same day, Sharper's lawyer said that Sharper had reached a plea agreement to resolve all of the charges against him, and would appear in court in Los Angeles on March 23 to enter guilty pleas. On March 23, Sharper plead guilty to sexual assault in Arizona and no contest in California to raping two women he knocked out with a potent sedative mixed with booze and was sentenced to 9 years in prison.
On March 24, 2015, Sharper received 9 years in a plea deal for all 9 charges against him, in addition to the year he has served already.
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