Former NFL star Shannon Sharpe broke his silence on an ex-partner’s $50 million sexual assault lawsuit against him, revealing that they plan to release a sex tape with him. In a video posted to social media on Tuesday, Sharpe told his viewers: “This is a shakedown. I’m gonna be open, transparent, and defend myself because this isn’t right.” He claimed that this whole takedown was a “deliberate setup” by his ex and their lawyer, Tony Buzbee, who he said “targets Black men” like Jay-Z. “I believe he’s going to release a 30-second clip of a sex tape that tries to make me look guilty and play into every stereotype you can possibly imagine,” Sharpe said. Buzbee also shared a 96-second clip of an alleged phone call between Sharpe and his ex-partner with TMZ. In it, Sharpe can be heard saying how he was “going to f---ing choke the s--- out of you when I see you” to his then partner. But Sharpe said that Buzbee “orchestrated” this whole saga and is simply trying to “manipulate the media.” The lawsuit against Sharpe accuses him of raping his former partner over a period of two years. Sharpe released his own sex tape of sorts in Sept. 2024 when he accidentally left his Instagram Live on while seemingly having sex.
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