NFL Corridor of Fame inductee Shannon Sharpe is prone to by no means return to ESPN after being embroiled in a multimillion-dollar intercourse scandal, a former worker mentioned.
Former ESPN worker Dan Le Batard, who hosted his personal in style present on the worldwide sports activities chief[,] knowledgeable the general public that simply because the community determined to not terminate Sharpe’s contract amid the scandal doesn’t imply they intend to permit him to return.
“We most likely all know at this level that Shannon Sharpe isn’t prone to ever work at ESPN once more, proper? I believe we are able to moderately assume Shannon Sharpe would love it to appear to be he has an opportunity to return,” he mentioned on “The Dan Le Batard Present with Stugotz,” in accordance with the Each day Mail.
“I don’t know if you happen to may be Disney and permit any of what occurred there,” Le Batard added.
Sharpe, a Denver Broncos legend and host of his personal in style podcasts, “Membership Shay Shay” and “Nightcap,” was the thing of a $50 million civil lawsuit by a lady who claims that he raped and brutalized her on a number of events starting in December 2024. She accuses Sharpe of assault, sexual assault, battery and sexual battery.
The girl mentioned Sharpe allegedly dedicated these acts throughout their two-year relationship after he aggressively pursued her in 2019 when she was 19 years outdated.
The girl, who is barely recognized as “Jane Doe,” mentioned within the civil lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County that Sharpe “typically manipulated her — at instances being candy and loving to get what he wished, and at different instances being offended and aggressive to attain his targets.”
It was not lengthy earlier than she mentioned she discerned that Sharpe was “extraordinarily emotional and possessed an uncontrollable mood.”
Jane Doe additionally mentioned Sharpe “displayed the traits of a real narcissist,” who “wielded his energy, his affect and his superstar to regulate” her.
Sharpe categorically denies Jane Doe’s claims by his legal professional, Lanny J. Davis, who dismissed the lawsuit as a cash seize[.]
“Mr. Sharpe categorically denies all allegations of coercion or misconduct — particularly the gross lie of ‘rape’ — and won’t undergo what he sees as an egregious try at blackmail,” Sharpe’s legal professional mentioned. “He stands firmly by the reality and is ready to struggle these false claims vigorously in court docket.”
The assertion additionally painted Sharpe’s relationship with Jane Doe as a “consensual” one and that it concerned “role-playing, sexual language and fantasy eventualities.”