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Shannon Sharpe Accused of Rape, Sexual Assault In Lawsuit

The lawsuit claims Sharpe assaulted a woman at her Las Vegas home. He's denied the allegations.

NFL hall-of-famer and podcaster Shannon Sharpe has been sued for sexual assault by a woman, who says he raped her twice across a two month period last year in her Las Vegas home. Sharpe “violently sexually assaulted and anally raped Plaintiff two different times in Las Vegas, Nevada, blatantly ignoring her requests for him to stop,” the complaint states. In a statement posted on X attributed to his lawyer Lanny Davis, Sharpe named his accuser and cited text messages that he says prove that the relationship was consensual.

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