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Shannon Sharpe is not returning to ESPN after recently taking a lawsuit with a rape manager, a network spokesman confirmed to Pakinomist Digital.
The football hall in Famer turned the national TV star being accused of assault, sexual assault, battery and sexual battery. He was also accused of having engaged “in the intentional application of emotional distress” and his charges were Seeking $ 50 million in compensation.
The situation got ugly, with Sharpe, who called the claims a “Shakedown” while he and his legal team released sexually explicit messages that the woman allegedly sent him.
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Shannon Sharpe speaks on stage during the 2024 Rendered Tech Tech Conference on Americasmart Atlanta 14 June 2024 in Atlanta. (Paras Griffin/Getty Images)
The woman’s lawyer, Tony Buzbee, announced earlier this month that the pages “reached a mutually agreed decision” but other details were not revealed.
Sharpe joined ESPN shortly after departure Fox and appeared on “First Take.” He appeared at the end of the show in April after the accusations became public.
Buzbee represented two dozen of the women who accused Deshaun Watson of sexual assault, and all except one of these cases ended up in a solution. Buzbee also represented the woman who accused Jay-Z and Diddy of assault when she was just 13 years old. These charges were placed and Jay-Z is now suing a woman and Buzbee. Sharpe accused Buzbee of targeting black men.
Hosts of ESPN’s “First Take”, Stephen A. Smith and Shannon Sharpe, at CFP Fan Central at the George World Congress Center. (Kirby Lee/Imag- Pictures)
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Sharpes Attorney, Lanny J. Davis, said the release of the explicit messages between the applicant and Sharp “clearly indicates that the nature of their relationship was consensus and sexual in nature in many cases initiated by her with specific and graphic requests.”
The complaint accused Sharpe of “manipulating and controlling the plaintiff” and making threats of violence against her.
“A woman can say ‘yes’ to consensus sexual relationship with a man nitti-ni times, but when she says ‘no’ once, it means ‘no’ means no,” the complaint said according to Profootball talk. “Defendant Shannon Sharpe, a man who is used to getting what he wants, fails to completely understand this basic concept.
“After many months of manipulating and controlling the plaintiff – a woman more than thirty years younger than he – and repeatedly threatened to strangle and violently throw her, Sharpe refused to accept the answer no and raped plaintiff, despite crying and repeating screams of ‘no.'”
Shannon Sharpe in the second quarter between Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Lakers in Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles March 16, 2024. (Jason Parkhurst/USA Today Sports)
Sharpes Attorneys admitted that the former tight end previously offered the woman a settlement of about $ 10 million, but she rejected.
