NFL Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe accused of sexual assault, battery in $50 million lawsuit

Pro Football Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe has been accused of sexual assault and battery in a million lawsuit filed on Sunday according to multiple reports The former NFL participant denied all accusations in a message through his attorney on Monday calling the civil suit an attempt to blackmail him According to the lawsuit obtained by ProFootballTalk Sharpe was accused of assault sexual assault battery and sexual battery The -page complaint filed in a Nevada state court accused the three-time Super Bowl champion of engaging in the intentional infliction of emotional distress The plaintiff claimed that the two began a rocky consensual relationship sometime in which lasted around two years According to USA This day the plaintiff was at the time that she met Sharpe She claimed she was sexually assaulted on two occasions once in October and again in January of this year CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COMThe complaint accused Sharpe of manipulating and controlling Plaintiff and making threats of violence against her A woman can say yes to consensual sexual relations with a man ninety-nine times but when she says no even once that no means no the complaint read via ProFootballTalk s reporting Defendant Shannon Sharpe a man who is accustomed to getting what he wants utterly fails to understand this basic concept After numerous months of manipulating and controlling Plaintiff a woman more than thirty years younger than he and repeatedly threatening to brutally choke and violently slap her Sharpe refused to accept the answer no and raped Plaintiff despite her sobbing and repeated screams of no The woman is seeking million and damages and is being represented by attorney Tony Buzbee who won settlements in favor of the women who accused NFL quarterback Deshaun Watson of assault NFL GREAT SHANNON SHARPE 'EMBARRASSED' OVER LIVE STREAMED SEX ACT RECEIVES OFFER FROM ADULT WEBSITESharpe s attorney Lanny J Davis responded to the lawsuit in a lengthy report the former tight end shared to his social media accounts In the message Davis shared sexually explicit messages that he announced the plaintiff sent to Sharpe Davis called the lawsuit a blatant and cynical attempt to shake down Mr Sharpe for millions of dollars It is filled with lies distortions and misrepresentations and it will not succeed In her effort to extract a large financial settlement plaintiff presented Mr Sharpe with a secretly recorded video of a consensual sexual encounter We believe the video has been heavily edited and taken entirely out of context crafted to falsely portray a consensual act as non-consensual Davis noted releasing the messages between the plaintiff and Sharpe clearly indicate the nature of their relationship was consensual and sexual in nature in multiple cases initiated by her with specific and graphic requests Mr Sharpe categorically denies all claims of coercion or misconduct especially the gross lie of rape and will not submit to what he sees as an egregious attempt at blackmail Davis continued He stands firmly by the truth and is prepared to fight these false contends vigorously in court He looks forward to vindication through due process and a judgment based on the facts and the law Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter