Serial rapist ex-NFL player transferred from prison to halfway house

Darren Sharper, who pleaded guilty or no contest to raping women in four states, is projected to be released in 2028

Admitted serial rapist and former National Football League champion Darren Sharper has been transferred from federal prison to a halfway house program with his projected 2028 release date nearing.

In a statement to the Guardian on Monday, a US Bureau of Prisons (BoP) spokesperson said Sharper, 50, was transferred on 27 May from a federal correctional institution near Elkton, Ohio, to community confinement" overseen by the agency's residential re-entry management office in Baltimore.