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Ex-NFL star Sharper set to change plea in federal rape case

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Former National Football League star Darren Sharper appears at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice …

(Reuters) - Disgraced former NFL star Darren Sharper, who has pleaded guilty or no contest to rape and attempted rape charges in three states, is set to change his not guilty plea in a federal rape case in New Orleans next week, court records show.

Sharper, 39, has pleaded guilty or no contest to charges in Arizona, California and Nevada in March as part of a series of plea bargains prosecutors have said will land him at least nine years in federal prison.