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   LOS ANGELES — Prosecutors say former NFL safety Darren Sharper,   
   who has been charged with raping and drugging women in   
   California, is under investigation in connection with five more   
   rapes and 11 druggings in other states.   
      
   Sharper appeared in Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday but his   
   arraignment was postponed until Feb. 20 at the request of his   
   lawyers.   
      
   Prosecutors immediately filed a motion to raise his bail to $10   
   million and outlined details of other alleged assaults and   
   druggings in Las Vegas, Tempe, Ariz., and New Orleans.   
      
   Sharper has not been charged in the other jurisdictions and   
   remains under investigation.   
      
   In the bail motion, an investigator described a pattern in which   
   the former football star met women at clubs, lured them to a   
   hotel or apartment then drugged and raped them.   
      
   His lawyers said outside court he will be exonerated.   
      
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   information. AP's earlier story is below.   
      
   Former NFL safety Darren Sharper has been charged in Los Angeles   
   with drugging and raping two women, prosecutors said Friday.   
      
   Sharper appeared in court but a judge postponed his arraignment   
   until Feb. 20 at the request of defense attorneys.   
      
   Sharper is facing two counts of rape by use of drugs, four   
   counts of furnishing a controlled substance, and one count of   
   possession of a controlled substance, according to a statement   
   from the Los Angeles County district attorney's office.   
      
   The complaint alleges the drugs involved were morphine and   
   zolpidem, which is sold under the brand name Ambien.   
      
   Sharper was represented by prominent Los Angeles attorneys Blair   
   Berk and Leonard Levine.   
      
   "We look forward to the true facts being revealed in this case,"   
   Berk said after the brief court appearance. "And we are hopeful   
   Mr. Sharper will be fully exonerated before this case is   
   concluded."   
      
   Sharper, 38, played in the NFL from 1997 to 2010, mostly with   
   the Packers.   
      
   Prosecutors said he met two women at a West Hollywood nightclub   
   on Oct. 30, invited them to a party and stopped at his hotel   
   room.   
      
   He is accused of giving a shot of alcohol to each of the women   
   before they passed out. One woman told investigators she woke up   
   naked hours later with Sharper sexually assaulting her. The   
   other woman awoke and "interrupted his actions," according to   
   the criminal complaint.   
      
   On Jan. 14, Sharper met two other women at the same nightclub   
   and invited them to a party. On the way, he invited both to his   
   room and offered them shots before they passed out, prosecutors   
   said.   
      
   When they woke up early the next day, one woman believed she had   
   been sexually assaulted, the complaint said. Both women left his   
   hotel and sought medical treatment.   
      
   Sharper was arrested on Jan. 17. He was allowed to remain free   
   on $200,000 bail and ordered to surrender his passport. He has   
   not entered a plea.   
      
   Prosecutors are seeking to raise bail to $10 million because the   
   Miami resident faces similar investigations in Arizona, Nevada   
   and Louisiana. Superior Court Judge Roberto Longoria did not   
   immediately take up the bail request.   
      
   Sharper's lawyers refused to comment on the other investigations.   
      
   If convicted in the California case, Sharper could face more   
   than 30 years in state prison.   
      
   Sharper was selected All-Pro six times and chosen for the Pro   
   Bowl five times. He played in two Super Bowls, one with the   
   Packers as a rookie and a second with the Saints.   
      
   http://www.kansascity.com/2014/02/14/4823549/darren-sharper-   
   charged-with-rape.html   
      
          
      
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