Shannon Sharpe wasted no time addressing a new accuser who came forward with disturbing allegations against him.
Shannon, 56, temporarily stepped away from his ESPN hosting duties on Thursday after a 22-year-old “Jane Doe” filed a $50 million lawsuit against him in Nevada.
Shannon strenuously denied the allegations and released graphic text messages to prove their sexual relationship was consensual.
The former NFL star explained that he offered the woman $10 million in a drastic attempt to prevent the “intimate details” of his life from going public.
Now another woman has come forward making similar allegations about Shannon. She claims the incidents occurred during their relationship which ended abruptly in 2010.
“I was triggered, totally triggered,” Michele Evans, now 52, said of the former NFL star’s denials. “I believed her right away. How could I not after going through what I’ve been through?”
Michelle said she filed a protective order in Georgia against the three-time Super Bowl winner, but since then, Evans told Daily Mail, Shannon has doxxed her in retaliation.
“He told me that he would use everybody he knows to destroy me,” Evans said. “That’s basically what he did.”
However, in a statement, Shannon’s legal counsel Mitchell Schuster said Michelle Evans “became obsessed” with the former Denver Broncos tight end.
“Sadly, Ms. Evans became obsessed with Shannon and decided to manufacture a claim against him. When she could not find a lawyer to pursue her outrageous story, she filed a civil complaint on her own that is completely devoid of merit,” the statement read.
Schuster said Jane Doe is following in the footsteps of old allegations made by Michelle Evans in 2010 – and the stories have now resurfaced to “create a fabricated narrative.”
The statement continued: “Bottom line, Shannon has done nothing wrong and intends to fight back against these malicious lies not with manufactured defenses or imaginary stories but with documentary proof and real evidence.
Mitchell Schuster concluded: “For the avoidance of any doubt, Shannon Sharpe was not terminated by ESPN, but he has elected to step away for a temporary period of time from his duties so that he can focus on his family and the frivolous claim filed against him. ESPN agreed with his decision and Shannon plans to return to his role at ESPN for the NFL season.”
