HOUSTON, TEXAS - MAY 17: Shannon Sharpe attends the Texas Black Expo Corporate Awards Luncheon featuring Shannon Sharpe at JW Marriott Houston by The Galleria on May 17, 2024 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Marcus Ingram/Getty Images)

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A Leaked Phone Call With Shannon Sharpe And His Accuser

By Samad Robinson

April 22, 2025

 

Shannon Sharpe was hit with a $50 million civil lawsuit for sexual assault. The lawsuit accuses Sharpe of multiple counts of assault, sexual assault, battery, sexual battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress during a nearly two-year relationship that began in 2023.

The plaintiff, who was 19 or 20 when she met Sharpe at a Los Angeles gym, alleges that their initially consensual relationship became abusive and non-consensual. Recently, a private phone call between an unknown woman and Shannon Sharpe was leaked.

Check out the clip below.