Last week it was revealed that two different women were suing Shannon Sharpe for sixual assault [click here if you missed that].
Now insiders are claiming there have been more incidents swept under the rug...
From Front Office Sports
ESPN contributor Shannon Sharpe announced Thursday he is stepping away from the network as he faces a $50 million lawsuit on allegations that he rxped a woman whom he was in a relationship with. While he contends with that suit, additional incidents from his past have come to light.
Before Sharpe’s time at ESPN, when he was the cohost of FS1’s Undisputed, he was accused of choking a female production assistant in the workplace, two sources with knowledge of the incident tell Front Office Sports.
One source said Sharpe and Fox settled with the accuser for several hundred thousand dollars. There was no lawsuit filed against Sharpe in the incident.
A rep for Sharpe told FOS, “There was no incident of choking involving Shannon on the FS1 set. On one occasion, he and a few colleagues were involved in some light physical interaction in a playful context. Fox Sports later chose to resolve the matter privately. For further details, we recommend contacting Fox directly.” A Fox Sports spokesperson declined to comment prior to the statement from Sharpe’s camp and could not immediately be reached for follow-up.
Sharpe cohosted Undisputed from 2016 to 2023. The timing of the incident was unknown.
In 2010, Sharpe briefly stepped away from his role on CBS’s NFL Today studio show after he was accused of sexµal assault. He returned to the network after a restraining order was dismissed.
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