Just hours aft being deed pinch a $50 cardinal intersexual battle lawsuit, Shannon Sharpe is firing back. He posted a statement connected societal media connected behalf of his lawyer, which besides includes a bid of definitive matter messages posted to societal media.
The erstwhile NFL prima and existent sports commentator denied each claims, including aggregate allegations of rape, artillery and revenge porn.
According to aggregate reports, nan female who revenge nan civilian suit is identified arsenic Jane Doe and alleges she was successful a astir two-year narration pinch Sharpe. She describes it arsenic a “rocky but initially consensual” narration that became abusive complete time.
The suit states nan 2 met astatine a gym successful Los Angeles successful 2023. Her property astatine nan clip varies crossed outlets, ranging from 19 to 22.
Jane Doe claims Sharpe recorded their intersexual encounters without her consent and shared them pinch others. She besides accuses nan 56-year-old of sexually assaulting her successful October 2024 and again successful January 2025. She is seeking $50 cardinal successful damages.
Sharpe’s ineligible squad challenges accusations
Sharpe’s attorney, Lanny J. Davis, issued a connection connected Sharpe’s X account successful consequence to nan intersexual battle lawsuit. It sounds successful part:
“In her effort to extract a ample financial settlement, [Jane Doe] presented Mr. Sharpe pinch a secretly recorded video of a consensual intersexual encounter. We judge nan video has been heavy edited and taken wholly retired of context, crafted to falsely represent a consensual enactment arsenic non-consensual.”
Davis besides alleged that Jane Doe and her attorney, Tony Buzbee, “orchestrated” nan civilian case.
Tony Buzbee’s high-profile ineligible history
Buzbee is known for representing plaintiffs successful different high-profile intersexual misconduct cases. In 2024, he claimed to correspond much than 100 alleged victims of Sean “Diddy” Combs.
He besides represented a female who revenge a lawsuit against Jay-Z, claiming she was raped astatine property 13 during an MTV Video Music Awards after-party successful 2000. That suit was later withdrawn, and Jay-Z filed a defamation suit against Buzbee and his client.
The intersexual battle suit besides references an incident from September 2024, erstwhile Sharpe was allegedly heard having activity pinch a female during an Instagram Live broadcast. Jane Doe says she was not nan female successful nan video and describes nan infinitesimal arsenic humiliating.
CNN shared a information of nan suit that reads:
“After galore months of manipulating and controlling Plaintiff — a female much than 30 years younger than he — and many times threatening to brutally choke and violently slap her, Sharpe refused to judge nan reply nary and raped Plaintiff, contempt her sobbing and repeated screams of ‘no.’”
Sharpe releases schematic matter messages
In consequence to nan lawsuit, Sharpe’s ineligible squad released a bid of highly schematic matter messages. They declare these messages came from Jane Doe and uncover requests for intersexual role-play and discussions of money exchanged for circumstantial acts.
One connection allegedly reads: “$25k for each cheek.” Another includes references to choking and submission.
Sharpe’s squad says these messages — on pinch nan allegedly edited video — show that nan narration was consensual. They qualify nan suit arsenic a “blatant and cynical” effort to extort money from Sharpe.
Buzbee connected Monday announced his engagement successful nan suit via Instagram, stating:
“I’m highly proud to correspond Jane Doe. It takes a awesome woody of courageousness to guidelines up against those pinch power, fame, and money. I look guardant to pressing this lawsuit successful court.”
As of now, nary criminal charges person been filed. The intersexual battle suit remains a civilian lawsuit successful Nevada authorities court.