Shannon Sharpe is dealing with a $50 million lawsuit from a girl who accuses the NFL Corridor of Famer and ESPN analyst of brutally sexually assaulting her a number of occasions between the top of 2024 and the start of 2025.
The lawsuit was filed in Nevada Sunday by a Jane Doe who claims she met Sharpe at a Los Angeles health club in 2023 and ultimately had a relationship with him over a few years she described as “abusive.”
The sufferer stated in her lawsuit that she was 20 when she first met the now-56-year-old. Throughout that first assembly, Sharpe allegedly promised to “purchase her faux tits” if she gained a weight-loss competitors with him, according to TMZ.
The girl stated that Sharpe then began to vigorously pursue her by calling and texting in hopes of getting her to go to his mansion.
Ultimately, the 2 began a consensual relationship, although the sufferer’s go well with alleges that Sharpe “demanded full management over her time and physique, anticipating her to be at his home on his schedule, at his command, each time he referred to as,” per People.
The girl stated she was terrified on one event when Sharpe yelled at her whereas there was a firearm in the identical room.
“Plaintiff tried sharing her location with mates from her iPhone ― simply in case,” in response to court docket docs obtained by Folks. “However Sharpe noticed her doing this. The second he realized what she was doing, he grabbed her by the neck and informed her, ‘When you ever try this once more, I’ll fucking kill you.’”
Sharpe denied the allegations in a press release posted to social media credited to his lawyer, Lanny J. Davis.
Davis referred to as the go well with “a blatant and cynical try to shake down” Sharpe, and stated that it’s “stuffed with lies, distortions, and misrepresentations.”
HuffPost reached to Sharpe’s reps for additional remark, however nobody instantly responded.
The lawsuit additionally mentions final September’s incident the place Sharpe accidentally activated Instagram Live while having sex with a distinct lady.
The sufferer stated in her go well with that she was so “humiliated” by Sharpe’s reside intercourse present that she began to “draw back” from him, main him to flood her cellphone with calls.
A month after that incident, Sharpe allegedly compelled the girl right into a automotive and drove her to her residence, the place he compelled her to provide him oral intercourse earlier than anally raping her.
“Sharpe grabbed her head, forcing her to take a look at him as she sobbed,” in response to the lawsuit. “He stated at that time: ‘Have a look at this. Have a look at my arm. I’ve obtained chills. That’s how good that is.’”
The sufferer additionally accuses Sharpe of sexually assaulting her and not using a condom when he visited her residence this previous January.
