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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Court records show that Darren Sharper is set to change his plea in a federal rape case in Louisiana next week, reports the&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Associated Press&lt;/em&gt;.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sharper has pleaded guilty or no contest to charges in three states and will be jailed for at least nine years.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Authorities charged that Sharper drugged his victims with powerful sedatives and then raped them.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A court filing on Thursday said that a change-of-plea hearing in the Louisiana case before a U.S. district judge has been scheduled for May 29.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;From the&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;AP&lt;/em&gt;:\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The federal indictment in Louisiana charged Sharper and another man with distributing the drugs alprazolam, diazepam and zolpidem - more commonly known by the brand names Xanax, Valium and Ambien, respectively - with the intent to commit rape.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The two Louisiana state counts of aggravated rape stemmed from accusations that he sexually assaulted two drug-impaired women at his apartment in September 2013.\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sharper, 39, had stints with the Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings and New Orleans Saints during his 14 seasons in the NFL.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;He earned five Pro Bowl nods and two-time first-team All-Pro selections and retired after the 2010 season.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;He then served as an analyst for the NFL Network before being fired last February.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;\u2022&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Saints to remove Sharper Super Bowl image from Superdome&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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