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Additional details have emerged following reports of a lawsuit being filed against Shannon Sharpe.
The ESPN analyst and podcast host is being accused of rap3 in a $50 million lawsuit in which a Jane Doe is claiming that Sharpe s3xually assaulted her on multiple occasions.
According to the documents, per TMZ, Sharpe met the woman in question, then 20, at a gym in Los Angeles in 2023, and offered to “buy her fake t**s” if she won a weight loss competition with him. She claims they eventually got involved consensually after he pursued her relentlessly via calls and text messages, but then he got controlling and verbally abusive once they got together.
Her lawyer, Tony Buzbee, states the former NFL tight end “demanded complete control over her time and body, expecting her to be at his house on his schedule, at his command, whenever he called.”
The suit also claims that the woman once tried sharing her location with friends from her phone due to concerns for her safety, and Sharpe threatened to kill her when he realized what she was doing.
She notes there was a firearm in sight during one of their prior arguments.
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Shannon Sharpe Being Sued Following Reports Of Major Deal
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Jane Doe admitted that she continued seeing Sharpe despite the verbal abuse, but tried breaking things off after he accidentally went live on Instagram while having s3x with someone else. He is alleged to have forced himself on her multiple times thereafter.
She says he first did so at her apartment last October, having s3x with her, bereft of her consent, while she cried and sobbed.
The complainant said it happened again in January after he came over to her place, having promised to bring her Christmas and birthday gifts.
The suit, filed in Nevada on Sunday, comes just days after reports that Sharpe is nearing a $100 million podcast deal. He has yet to reply to the allegations.
Stephen A. Smith Fires Shots At Shannon Sharpe Using Fan’s Message After Lakers’ Blowout Loss To Wolves
Stephen A. Smith and Shannon Sharpe (Photo by Kirby Lee/Imagn Images)
The tension between ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith and Los Angeles Lakers legend LeBron James has been heating up lately. However, following the Lakers’ disappointing 117-95 blowout loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 1 of the playoffs, Smith turned his attention elsewhere.
This time, it was his fellow analyst Shannon Sharpe who was in Smith’s crosshairs. Smith didn’t hold back on social media. He took to his X account shortly after the Lakers’ defeat and shared a message that someone had apparently urged him to pass on.
“Someone just text me with this message to send DIRECTLY to @ShannonSharpe: Triple-A….NWA…..I Don’t Care what Shannon has to say = Lakers AIN’T winning in 5,” Smith posted.
The Los Angeles Lakers now find themselves trailing 0-1 in their playoff series after Saturday’s loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves. While many anticipated the defeat, given that the Lakers weren’t competitive during the game, the loss still stung, especially with the expectations surrounding the team.
Even Lakers legend Magic Johnson weighed in. After the loss, he offered a critical assessment of the team’s performance.
“Coach JJ Redick did a great job all season but he didn’t do a good job for Game 1. The Lakers stood around on offense, played too much one-on-one basketball, and he didn’t make any necessary adjustments,” Johnson wrote on X.
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What Did Shannon Sharpe Say To Spark Stephen A. Smith’s Criticism?
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The jab of Stephen A. Smith was a direct counter to Shannon Sharpe’s bold pre-playoff prediction. Just days earlier, Sharpe had confidently declared that the Lakers would move past their first-round opponents with ease so long as Luka Doncic maintained his current level of play.
“When Luka’s playing like that. It doesn’t matter. Lakers in Five!” Sharpe said on “First Take.”
While Doncic did show up, dropping 37 points, grabbing eight rebounds, and snatching two steals. But it wasn’t enough to overpower the collective efforts of Anthony Edwards, Jaden McDaniels, and Naz Reid.
