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Shannon Sharpe offered around $10 million to his sexual assault accuser as settlement for the case, according to TMZ.
Sharpe’s lawyer, Lanny J. Davis, revealed this to reporters on Tuesday.
According to Davis, his client proposed paying Jane Doe the money during mediations that took place “within the last month or so.”
Although Doe considered the offer, she “suddenly, without warning, walked away from our offer,” Davis said.
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According to him, it was “a big surprise to us when suddenly this case was filed without any advanced warning.”
Doe’s attorney, Tony Buzbee, also confirmed that they were offered the payout.
“On the one hand, Mr. Sharpe and his lawyers claim that the case filed by Jane Doe is meritless, yet on the other hand, they now have disclosed that Mr. Sharpe offered Jane Doe $10 million in writing not to file her lawsuit,” Buzbee wrote.
Earlier in the day, Sharpe posted a video of himself denying the allegations against him and calling the lawsuit a “shakedown.”
In other news, The UK’s ruling Labour Party has suspended MP Dan Norris. This follows his arrest on suspicion of sexual offences against a girl and rape.
Police revealed on Friday that a man in his 60s was arrested on suspicion of sexual offences against a girl, child abduction, and misconduct in a public office.
“Most of the offences are alleged to have occurred in the 2000s, but we’re also investigating an alleged offence of rape from the 2020s,” the police said in a statement.
But on Saturday, Labour said they had suspended Norris, who is the MP for North East Somerset and Hanham.
