The Pro Football Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe has been accused of sexual assault and battery in a $ 50 million trial filed on Sunday, according to several reports. The former Nfl Player denied all accusations in a statement through his lawyer Monday and called the civilian case an attempt to “blackmail” him.
As per the trial obtained by Profootball talk, Sharpe was charged with assault, sexual assault, battery and sexual battery. The 13-page complainant filed in a Nevada State Court accused the three-time Super Bowl champion of engaging “in the intentional application of emotional distress.”
Shannon Sharpe (Cindy words/getty images to siriusxm)
The applicant claimed that the two began a “rocky consensual relationship” sometime in 2023, which lasted about two years. According to USA Today, The applicant was 19 at the time she met Sharpe. She claimed she was sexually assaulted on two occasions, once in October 2024 and again in January this year.
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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 once, it means ‘no’ means no,” the complaint reads via profootball talk reporting. “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 threatens to brutally strangle and violently throw her, Sharpe refused to accept the answer no, and rape the plaintiff, despite her threat and repeated screams of” ‘
The woman is looking for $ 50 million and injuries and is represented by lawyer Tony Buzbee, who won settlements in favor of the women who accused the NFL -Quarterback Deshaun Watson of assault.
Cleveland Browns Quarterback Deshaun Watson (AP Photo/Chris Szagola/File)
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Sharpes Lawyer, Lanny J. Davis, responded to the trial in a long statement The former tight end shared with its social media accounts. In the message, Davis shared sexually explicit messages, which he said the applicant sent to Sharpe.
Davis called the trial “an obvious and cynical attempt to shake Mr. Sharpe down for millions of dollars.”
“It is full of lies, distortions and erroneous representations, and it will not succeed. In her efforts to extract a great financial settlement, [plaintiff] presented Mr. Sharpe with a secretly recorded video of a consensus sexual encounter. We believe that the video has been heavily edited and taken completely out of context, designed for mistaken depiction of a consensual act as a non-consensus. “
Davis said the release of the messages between the plaintiff and Sharpe “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.”
Shannon Sharpe (Paras Griffin/Getty Images)
“Mr. Sharpe categorically denies all accusations of coercion or mismatch – especially the gross lie of ‘rape’ – and will not submit to what he sees as an irregular attempt at extortion,” Davis continued.
“He stands firmly by the truth and is prepared to fight these false claims vigorously before the court. He looks forward to justifying through proper process and a judgment based on the facts and the law.”
