Sharper sentencing in federal sexual assault case reset

Jul 17, 2015 - 1:27 PM NEW ORLEANS (AP) The sentencing of former New Orleans Saints player Darren Sharper on federal charges that he drugged and assaulted women in four states has been rescheduled.

U.S. District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo reset Sharper's sentencing for Oct. 1 at the request of probation officer Marilyn Brasset. It was scheduled for Aug. 20. Bassett told the judge she needed more time to gather records for a pre-sentence report on Sharper.

Basset says she is waiting on reports on rape cases from California, Arizona and Nevada, where Sharper has entered pleas to sexual assaults.

Sharper was first arrested in January 2014 in Los Angeles on rape charges. Allegations of drug-related rapes in other states - Arizona, Nevada and Louisiana - followed.

A plea deal was announced in March to resolve the charges in all jurisdictions.