Shannon Sharpe out at ESPN after settling sexual misconduct lawsuit
ESPN football analyst Shannon Sharpe will not return to the cable sports network, a source familiar with the situation told NBC News on Wednesday.
ESPN football analyst Shannon Sharpe will not return to the cable sports network, a source familiar with the situation told NBC News on Wednesday.
Sharpe, a Hall of Fame former player, settled a lawsuit this month that accused him of sexual assault, according to the plaintiff’s attorney.
He had stepped aside from ESPN in April after a woman filed the lawsuit in Nevada. The suit accused him of raping the woman twice in Las Vegas in October and once more in January.
A representative and an attorney for Sharpe did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Tony Buzbee, the woman's attorney, said in a statement on July 18 that the civil suit had been settled.
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