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Shannon Sharpe Admits Offering $10M To Settle Rape Claims, Now Calls $50M Lawsuit “A Shakedown”
The ESPN host says the allegations of rape are false, but only today did Shannon Sharpe's lawyers reveal a $10M deal was on the table to make the whole thing go away
No stranger to controversy himself, and currently in a bitter battle with Jay-Z over a now dismissed rape case involving the ’99 Problems’ rapper and Combs, Buzbee took to social media Tuesday to get very specific on his client’s behalf as NFL vet Sharpe and his team attacked her credibility. Additionally, before his attorney Lanny Davis gave a virtual press conference of his own Tuesday decrying the suit, Sharpe posted a video online this morning where he said that Buzbee was “targeting Black men” in reference to the much-accused Combs and Jay-Z. Calling the actual lawsuit from the state of Sin City a “big surprise” after talks with the accuser and Buzbee, ex- Bill Clinton confidante Davis pointed to the timing of the action and a more than $100 million new contract Sharpe is likely to be inking now his deal with The Volume podcast network has expired.
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