article_snippet: Similar hearings will follow in Las Vegas this week and in New Orleans in April.
article_snippet: The Arizona and California cases, combined with others in Nevada and Louisiana, are likely to lead to a long prison sentence.
article_snippet: The 39-year-old was part of the New Orleans Saints side which won the NFL Super Bowl XLIV in 2010 .
article_snippet: The two had met about a year earlier in Las Vegas.