Former NFL star Darren Sharper has settled three lawsuits filed against him by 3 women who accused him of rape.
The women accused him of drugging and sexually assaulting them in 2014. Two women said they were drugged and sexually assaulted by Sharper in West Hollywood. Another woman claims he raped her in New Orleans. The lawsuits were filed in 2015.
Sharper denied the charges and claimed that in one of the cases, a sexual encounter did occur but was consensual. He accused the other two women of fabricating their stories. His DNA was found inside one of the women. His attorney defended the discovery in court.
“And you find the DNA is the most troubling of the case, but our expert has indicated that the most likely source of the DNA is saliva or skin,” he said. “There is no sperm. This latest testimony (on Sharper’s vasectomy) I think should be given no weight based on the fact that it hasn’t been confirmed in any fashion.”
Sharper is a 14-year NFL veteran and spent his career as a member of the Packers, Minnesota Vikings and New Orleans Saints.
