Despite pleading guilty or no contest to charges in three states, Darren Sharper is set to enter a new plea in his federal rape case according to various reports.
Sharper has entered a not-guilty plea to federal charges that he drugged women with the intent to rape them. But he has long been expected to plead guilty as part of a multi-jurisdiction deal announced in March. On Thursday a change-of-plea hearing was set for May 29 before U.S. District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo.
It remains unclear when Louisiana state charges of aggravated rape would be resolved.
Sharper has been convicted after entering pleas in Nevada, Arizona and California, and will spend at least nine years in prison.