Shannon Sharpe Won't Return To ESPN Following Rape Lawsuit Settlement
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Sharpe was accused of raping his ex-girlfriend. Following a settlement, ESPN has cut ties with the NFL Hall of Famer.
Former football star and media personality Shannon Sharpe will not return to his hosting duties at ESPN following a settlement with an ex-girlfriend who accused him of rape, according to multiple reports.
On Wednesday, two weeks after the settlement was reached with Sharpe’s accuser, ESPN officially cut ties with him, The Athletic first reported. ESPN declined to comment to the publication.
The NFL Hall of Famer said in April he was going to “temporarily step aside” from his role as a football analyst after the $50 million lawsuit against him was filed.
The woman, referred to as Jane Doe in the lawsuit, said she was 20 when she first met Sharpe at a Los Angeles gym in 2023. After a “rocky consensual relationship” for nearly two years, the woman alleged that it turned “abusive.”
The lawsuit accused Sharpe of forcing the woman into a car, then forcing her to give him oral sex before anally raping her. In another instance in January, the lawsuit said Sharpe sexually assaulted the woman without a condom.
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