Shannon Sharpe has been revealed to have made threats of violence against his girlfriend, who is currently suing him for $50 million for alleged rape, based on recently uncovered audio provided by the woman’s lawyer to DailyMail.com.
In the audio recording, a 56-year-old Sharpe is heard saying, ‘… I’m gonna f***ing choke the s*** out of you when I see you,’ to the woman, who is only identified as ‘Jane Doe’ in the lawsuit against him.
DailyMail.com reached out to both Sharpe’s legal representative and ESPN, the network where he frequently appears as a guest on Stephen A. Smith’s show ‘First Take.’ However, an ESPN spokesperson has since stated that they will not be providing any comments regarding the matter.
Sharpe has denied the rape accusations made by his 20-something ex-girlfriend and has countered with his own claim that she is trying to score a major financial settlement from a consensual relationship. His attorney, Lanny J. Davis, named the accuser in Monday’s statement that also included several sexually explicit text messages she allegedly sent to the Denver Broncos legend.
Responding to Sharpe’s denials, plaintiff attorney Tony Buzbee released a statement Tuesday accusing Davis of lying about the accuser and misrepresenting her salacious text messages. Buzbee also claims ‘an incredibly damning video does indeed exist’ and its contents will ‘speak volumes about Mr. Sharp and his behavior.’
Furthermore, Buzbee alleges that Sharpe offered his client a ‘hefty sum’ to settle the case in February, only for the plaintiff to decline the payoff.
‘A little history,’ Buzbee wrote in his statement. ‘Back in early February, our office contacted Mr. Sharpe on behalf of Jane Doe and broached the subject of a meeting.
‘Multiple conversations took place,’ the statement continued. ‘Ultimately a mediation occurred. Mr. Sharpe was represented by different lawyers in that mediation. That mediation process went on for more than six weeks, ultimately leading to Mr. Sharpe making an incredibly significant offer to settle. Ultimately Jane Doe refused the hefty sum offered by Sharpe and instead filed this case last night.’
The recording provided to DailyMail.com by Buzbee’s office purportedly contains a conversation between Sharpe and his accuser, who, according to her lawsuit, was only 20 when they began dating in late 2023.
‘You want to be a d*** to me now, so…,’ a man’s voice, believed to be Sharpe’s, is heard saying.
A woman’s voice quickly chimed in: ‘I don’t want to be… Don’t manipulate me!’
The man’s voice also responded quickly.
‘If you say that word one more time, I’m gonna f***ing choke the s*** out of you when I see you,’ he said.
After a long pause, his voice is heard saying: ‘Thank you.’
An even longer pause then followed before the woman is heard saying: ‘I don’t want to be choked.’
The man then responds: ‘Yes you do. I don’t think you have a choice in the matter.’
Sharpe’s legal team also accused the plaintiff of secretly recording a ‘consensual’ sexual encounter with the intention of editing and misrepresenting it for use in her case against the podcaster and ESPN personality.
‘In her effort to extract a large financial settlement, [Jane Doe] presented Mr. Sharpe with a secretly recorded video of a consensual sexual encounter,’ the statement read.
‘We believe the video has been heavily edited and taken entirely out of context, crafted to falsely portray a consensual act as non-consensual. [Jane Doe] has refused to provide a copy of the full, unedited version of the recording to Mr. Sharpe’s legal team.’
Buzbee pushed back against Davis’ statement on Tuesday.
‘The statement from Sharpe’s newest lawyer falsely accuses Ms. Jane Doe of editing a video — a claim that is not only demonstrably false, but also desperate,’ Buzbee wrote. ‘The lawyer also suggests Ms. Doe refused to make the video available to Mr. Sharpe. Again, this assertion is easily proven untrue.
‘Here’s what is true,’ Buzbee continued. ‘Although Jane Doe never referenced any video or multiple audios that she possesses in the lawsuit that she filed, now that Mr. Sharpe’s lawyer has decided to broach that subject, we will address it.’
That aforementioned ‘incredibly damning’ video ‘will be played to the jury,’ Buzbee wrote.
