Shannon Sharpe previously threatened to choke the girlfriend who is now suing him for $50 million over rape accusations, according to newly released audio provided to DailyMail.com by the woman’s attorney.
‘… I’m gonna f***ing choke the s*** out of you when I see you,’ 56-year-old Sharpe is heard telling the woman, identified only as ‘Jane Doe’ in her lawsuit.
DailyMail.com requested comment from both Sharpe’s attorney and ESPN, where the popular podcaster is a frequent guest on Stephen A. Smith’s ‘First Take.’ An ESPN spokesperson has since declined to comment.
Sharpe has denied the rape accusations made by his 20-something ex-girlfriend and has countered with his own claim that she is trying to score a major financial settlement from a consensual relationship. His attorney, Lanny J. Davis, named the accuser in Monday’s statement that also included several sexually explicit text messages she allegedly sent to the Denver Broncos legend.
Responding to Sharpe’s denials, plaintiff attorney Tony Buzbee released a statement Tuesday accusing Davis of lying about the accuser and misrepresenting her salacious text messages. Buzbee also claims ‘an incredibly damning video does indeed exist’ and its contents will ‘speak volumes about Mr. Sharp and his behavior.’
Furthermore, Buzbee alleges that Sharpe offered his client a ‘hefty sum’ to settle the case in February, only for the plaintiff to decline the payoff.
Shannon Sharpe previously threatened to choke the ex-girlfriend who is now suing him for $50 million over rape accusations, according to shocking audio provided to DailyMail.com
‘A little history,’ Buzbee wrote in his statement. ‘Back in early February, our office contacted Mr. Sharpe on behalf of Jane Doe and broached the subject of a meeting.
‘Multiple conversations took place,’ the statement continued. ‘Ultimately a mediation occurred. Mr. Sharpe was represented by different lawyers in that mediation. That mediation process went on for more than six weeks, ultimately leading to Mr. Sharpe making an incredibly significant offer to settle. Ultimately Jane Doe refused the hefty sum offered by Sharpe and instead filed this case last night.’
The recording provided to DailyMail.com by Buzbee’s office purportedly contains a conversation between Sharpe and his accuser, who, according to her lawsuit, was only 20 when they began dating in late 2023.
‘You want to be a d*** to me now, so…,’ a man’s voice, believed to be Sharpe’s, is heard saying.
A woman’s voice quickly chimed in: ‘I don’t want to be… Don’t manipulate me!’
The man’s voice also responded quickly.
‘If you say that word one more time, I’m gonna f***ing choke the s*** out of you when I see you,’ he said.
After a long pause, his voice is heard saying: ‘Thank you.’
An even longer pause then followed before the woman is heard saying: ‘I don’t want to be choked.’
The man then responds: ‘Yes you do. I don’t think you have a choice in the matter.’
Sharpe and his attorney released the name of the ex-girlfriend accusing him of rape in Nevada, as well sexually explicit texts she allegedly sent to him – which include the messages above
Jane Doe is claiming the legendary NFL tight end raped her in 2024 and 2025, according to a court filing obtained by DailyMail.com. TMZ was the first to report the lawsuit.
The accuser claims she was abused by Sharpe over their year-long relationship. She also says it was another woman, and not her, who was caught having sex with Sharpe when the Pro Football Hall of Famer accidentally streamed live audio of the encounter on social media in September.
Sharpe is first accused of raping Jane Doe the following month, allegedly forcing himself on her as she ‘was crying and sobbing.’ He allegedly raped her again in January after arriving at her home with promises of Christmas and birthday gifts.
‘The lawsuit filed under the pseudonym ”Jane Doe” lays out a pattern of intimidation, manipulation, and abuse, including allegations that Sharpe repeatedly threatened to choke and slap Jane Doe,’ read Monday’s initial statement from Buzbee.
Sharpe’s legal team has since accused the plaintiff of secretly recording a ‘consensual’ sexual encounter with the intention of editing and misrepresenting it for use in her case against the podcaster and ESPN personality.
‘In her effort to extract a large financial settlement, [Jane Doe] presented Mr. Sharpe with a secretly recorded video of a consensual sexual encounter,’ the statement read.
‘We believe the video has been heavily edited and taken entirely out of context, crafted to falsely portray a consensual act as non-consensual. [Jane Doe] has refused to provide a copy of the full, unedited version of the recording to Mr. Sharpe’s legal team.’
Buzbee pushed back against Davis’ statement on Tuesday.
‘The statement from Sharpe’s newest lawyer falsely accuses Ms. Jane Doe of editing a video — a claim that is not only demonstrably false, but also desperate,’ Buzbee wrote. ‘The lawyer also suggests Ms. Doe refused to make the video available to Mr. Sharpe. Again, this assertion is easily proven untrue.
‘Here’s what is true,’ Buzbee continued. ‘Although Jane Doe never referenced any video or multiple audios that she possesses in the lawsuit that she filed, now that Mr. Sharpe’s lawyer has decided to broach that subject, we will address it.’
That aforementioned ‘incredibly damning’ video ‘will be played to the jury,’ Buzbee wrote.
Davis’ firm released several explicit text messages, purportedly sent to Sharpe by his 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,’ read the statement from Davis.
‘Contrary to the allegations she makes in her lawsuit, consensual sex continued until January 2, 2025 – the day after she asked for ‘$25,000 per cheek,’ as quoted above from her text message to Mr. Sharpe.
The shocking purported exchanges between Sharpe and his accuser date back to November of 2023.
‘Only if you put that baby gravy in me, then I can do whatever I want to me,’ read one message Jane Doe allegedly sent to Sharpe.
‘I wanna put my tongue in you’re a**hole and then marry u,’ read another message.
Two of the alleged texts from Jane Doe to Sharpe included her request that he ‘put a big black baby in me.’
Buzbee took serious issue with Davis’ use of the plaintiff’s text messages, all of which, Buzbee claims, were sent before the alleged rapes were said to have taken place.
‘In his statement, Mr. Sharpe’s attorney references several texts,’ Buzbee wrote. ‘Every text that Mr. Sharpe’s counsel released today purportedly from Jane Doe are dated PRIOR to the alleged brutal assault set forth in Jane Doe’s case. Those texts were obviously released in an effort to distract the public’s attention from the allegations in Jane Doe’s lawsuit. It won’t work.’
Buzbee’s statement ended with a harsh comment about Sharpe: ‘As set forth in the filed lawsuit, Mr. Sharpe’s conduct throughout the two-year relationship reveals a pattern of narcissism, manipulation, and coercive control. It grew progressively worse.
‘Instead of owning up to his actions, Sharpe has chosen to mislead his lawyers and the public, and double down — this time by doxing Jane Doe, and attempting to humiliate into silence this woman who is 30 years his junior.’
The couple met in 2023 when she was 20 and he was in his mid-50s, according to the filing. The woman claims Sharpe told her he would ‘buy her fake t**s’ if she won a weight-loss competition with him. From there, she claims, Sharpe pursued her vigorously, calling, texting and ‘demanding she come to his Beverly Glen mansion.’
Denver Broncos’ tight end Shannon Sharpe addresses the media before Super Bowl XXXIII
Curiously, Sharpe demanded she sign a non-disclosure agreement when their relationship began, only to drop that request when she repeatedly refused.
‘… Sharpe made another demand—she had to sign a non-disclosure agreement, an ”NDA,”’ reads the filing obtained by DailyMail.com. ‘He refused to explain why and would not let her see a copy of the proposed agreement. He simply insisted she sign one. Plaintiff refused. After multiple attempts, when he realized she would not cooperate, he finally dropped the issue.’
Jane Doe describes their relationship as consensual, but claims he ‘demanded complete control over her time and body.’ Often he was ‘expecting her to be at his house on his schedule, at his command, whenever he called,’ according to the filing.
She became particularly fearful of Sharpe during an argument during which there was a handgun visible in the room.
‘Plaintiff tried sharing her location with friends from her iPhone — just in case,’ the filings state. ‘But Sharpe saw her doing this. The moment he realized what she was doing, he grabbed her by the neck and told her, ”If you ever do that again, I will f***ing kill you.”’
Sharpe with another of his former ex-girlfriends, fitness trainer Katy Kellner, in February 2012. Kellner isn’t the woman suing Sharpe in Nevada and has made no public claims about him
A popular podcast host and ESPN personality, Sharpe is rumored to be in line for a massive new deal.
Front Office Sports is reporting that Sharpe has received multiple offers as his current media deal with Colin Cowherd’s platform, The Volume, is set to expire. Furthermore, sources tell FSO Sharpe’s next deal is expected to exceed $100 million, which happens to be the reported amount Smith got in his recent contract negotiations with ESPN.
That might come as a surprise, but Sharpe does have a massive audience. A recent interview with comedian Katt Williamson hit nearly 90 million views and Club Shay Shay currently boasts around 4 million subscribers, making it among the most popular podcasts in sports and entertainment.
Regardless of whether Sharpe’s next deal surpasses $100 million in total value, it will assuredly exceed the $22 million he made over 14 NFL seasons with the Denver Broncos and Baltimore Ravens.
It’s unclear if Sharpe’s next podcast deal will impact his guest spots on ESPN. Sharpe’s agent could not be reached for comment.
