Nine Years Later, a Guilty Plea Shows How Sex Crime Cases Stay Open

A former Louisiana sheriff's deputy pleaded guilty on May 28, 2025, to helping ex-NFL player Darren Sharper drug women for sexual assault. Sharper is serving 20 years. The nine-year gap between Sharper's conviction and this plea shows why federal sex crime cases don't simply close: prosecutors can keep building evidence and bringing charges against anyone who helped, even years afterward.