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Shannon Sharpe is responding to being accused of sexual assault. On Monday morning, a woman going under the anonymous alias of Jane Doe filed a $50 million lawsuit alleging Sharpe had sexually assaulted and battered her in the span of their two-year relationship.
“A woman can say ‘yes’ to consensual sexual relations with a man ninety-nine times, but when she says ‘no’ even once, that ‘no’ means no,” the lawsuit states. “Defendant Shannon Sharpe, a man who is accustomed to getting what he wants, completely fails to understand this basic concept.”
“Sharpe made it clear that what Doe wanted was of no moment, that Sharpe would get what he wanted, when he wanted it.”
Hours after the lawsuit was filed, Sharpe’s legal team released a statement denying the allegations.
‘This lawsuit, filed by [Jane Doe] and orchestrated by her attorney Tony Buzbee, is a blatant and cynical attempt to shake down Mr. Sharpe for millions of dollars,’ read the statement from Davis. ‘It is filled with lies, distortions, and misrepresentations — and it will not succeed.”
Sharpe’s lawyers went on to share several explicit texts from Sharpe’s accuser.
‘To set the record straight, we are releasing several of [Jane Doe’s] own explicit text messages to Mr. Sharpe that clearly indicate the nature of their relationship was consensual and sexual in nature — and, in many cases, initiated by her with specific and graphic requests.”