In this Feb. 20, 2014, file photo, former NFL football player Darren Sharper appears in Los Angeles Superior Court in Los Angeles. The disgraced former NFL star has renewed efforts to get a reduction in his 18-year federal sentence for drugging and raping women.
A federal judge did not adequately explain the terms and consequences of a plea agreement resulting in an 18-year federal prison sentence on drug and sexual assault charges for disgraced former NFL star Darren Sharper, lawyers for Sharper said in appeal briefs filed Friday. Sharper pleaded guilty or no-contest to rape or related charges in four states where women accused him of drugging then assaulting them.