The primary courtroom listening to within the Shannon Sharpe rape lawsuit ended with a disillusioned decide as a result of the girl who filed the grievance didn’t trouble to indicate up.
The plaintiff and her lawyer have been no reveals
In line with KLAS in Las Vegas, no lawyer confirmed up on behalf of the unidentified plaintiff through the listening to. Clark County District Court docket Decide Anna Albertson reportedly expressed “disappointment” that the plaintiff had no authorized illustration initially of the listening to.
Sharpe, who was not in Vegas, was represented by lawyer Robert DeMarco. Sharpe’s lawyer, due to this fact, requested that the decide evaluate the progress of the case and prolong it by 45 days.
The decide delays the case
The decide granted the extension, and the subsequent listening to can be on Sept. 3.
Authorized analysts questioned aloud if this was a part of the accuser’s technique. “Whether or not to arrange a settlement convention or to set hearings for litigation, you’d anticipate all events to be current,” lawyer Robert Draskovich instructed KLAS-TV. “I can’t see a tactical benefit to be gained by failing to look.”
On the identical time, Draskovich additionally questioned the knowledge of Sharpe being represented by an lawyer who will not be from town.
“Typically, it’s higher to have home-grown counsel,” he stated.
Shannon Sharpe publicly shamed
As has been reported advert nauseam, the unidentified lady, named “Jane Doe,” filed a $50 million lawsuit in opposition to the NFL Corridor of Famer and ESPN character for allegedly raping and assaulting her in November 2024 and once more in January 2025.
Sharpe vehemently and categorically denied his accuser’s claims, saying on-line, “It is a shakedown… I’m going to defend myself, as a result of this isn’t proper.”
Shannon Sharpe ousted from ESPN
Sadly for Sharpe, this sexual assault lawsuit has besmirched his repute, maybe completely, as a result of the 57-year-old Sharpe vigorously pursued the girl who was 19 on the time they met at a Los Angeles fitness center. The authorized paperwork comprise salacious and cringeworthy testimony by the girl. Included is the assertion that Sharpe sodomized her when she begged him to not penetrate her anally. She additionally contends within the filings that he ordered her to digitally penetrate his anus throughout their sexual encounters.
As a result of the girl is accusing Sharpe of sordid and vile bed room conduct, Disney and ESPN executives ordered Sharpe to go on an indefinite hiatus from the favored sports activities speak present, “First Take,” that stars Stephen A. Smith. He stated on the time of the moratorium that he would return in time for NFL preseason, which begins in August, however some sports activities pundits consider his time at ESPN is over.
Sharpe nonetheless operates his two well-liked podcasts, “Membership Shay Shay” and “Nightcap,” the latter co-hosted by former NFL star Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson, the place Sharpe has mockingly commented on the Diddy intercourse trafficking trial.