--- title: Rape Victim Tells Ex-NFL Star Darren Sharper 'Go to Hell' description: Sharper was sentenced to over 18 years in prison for raping multiple women canonical: https://time.com/4457977/rape-victim-darren-sharper-go-to-hell/ author: Abigail Abrams article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-18T20:01:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:03:11.421Z og:title: Rape Victim to Ex-NFL Star Darren Sharper: 'Go to Hell' og:description: Sharper was sentenced to over 18 years in prison for raping multiple women og:url: https://time.com/4457977/rape-victim-darren-sharper-go-to-hell/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7f0b559c0aaa7ae8/6988a2dbfb4eac4f5788ec9f/darren-sharper-rape-victim-speak-drugging-go-to-hell.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Darren Sharper Rape Case Football og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Rape Victim to Ex-NFL Star Darren Sharper: 'Go to Hell' twitter:description: Sharper was sentenced to over 18 years in prison for raping multiple women twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7f0b559c0aaa7ae8/6988a2dbfb4eac4f5788ec9f/darren-sharper-rape-victim-speak-drugging-go-to-hell.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Rape Victim to Ex-NFL Star Darren Sharper: 'Go to Hell' > Sponsored content. 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Mario Anzuoni—AP by [Abigail Abrams](https://time.com/author/abigail-abrams/) ## Abigail Abrams Aug 18, 2016 8:01 PM UTC In the latest high-profile rape case to come to trial, one of the victims is standing up in a powerful way. “You can’t do what you did to me or any other girl and get away with it,” the woman said during the sentencing trial for former NFL star Darren Sharper on Thursday, according to the [New Orleans _Advocate_](http://www.theadvocate.com/new%5Forleans/news/crime%5Fpolice/article%5Fce49ec2c-64cd-11e6-aa67-67e9452b04b8.html?sr%5Fsource=lift%5Famplify). Sharper was sentenced to 18 years and four months in prison after he was [accused of drugging and raping](http://time.com/4457731/darren-sharper-sentenced-rapes/?xid=homepage) or attempting to rape 16 women in four states. Sharper previously pleaded guilty or no contest to charges that arose from allegations of drugging and raping women in federal court in Louisiana, and in state courts in Louisiana, Arizona, California and Nevada, [the Associated Press reports](http://time.com/4457731/darren-sharper-sentenced-rapes/?xid=homepage). The woman, who Sharper admitted to drugging and raping, described the attack’s intense impact on her life. She said the arrogance Sharper showed in attacking so many victims in such a short period of time gave authorities their case against him “on a silver platter,” the [_Advocate_](http://www.theadvocate.com/new%5Forleans/news/crime%5Fpolice/article%5Fce49ec2c-64cd-11e6-aa67-67e9452b04b8.html?sr%5Fsource=lift%5Famplify) reported. If he had not been convicted, the woman said she would have never stopped pushing for Sharper to face justice. 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