Content warning: This article contains depictions of alleged sexual assault.
Hall of Fame tight end and ESPN personality Shannon Sharpe was accused of sexual assault and battery in a lawsuit filed Sunday, according to Pro Football Talk and USA Today.
The woman filed the lawsuit under the alias "Jane Doe." In it, Sharpe, 56, is accused of sexually assaulting the woman multiple times over a two-year "rocky consensual relationship," Pro Football Talk and People reported. The woman is seeking $50 million in damages.
The woman claimed she met Sharpe in a Los Angeles gym in 2023.