Shannon Sharpe Offered Assault Accuser $10 Million To Settle

According to Shannon Sharpe‘s lawyer, the Hall of Fame soccer participant supplied his rape accuser $10 million earlier than she formally filed her lawsuit.

During a press convention, Lanny J. Davis, Shannon Sharpe’s consultant, supplied extra clarification surrounding the $50 million swimsuit filed in opposition to his consumer for allegedly assaulting Gabriella Zuniga.

During a press convention, Davis shared more details surrounding Sharpe and the $50 million lawsuit filed in opposition to him by a girl with whom he is been sexually concerned previously.

According to Davis, Sharpe, who performed within the NFL for the Denver Broncos, supplied Zuniga “at least $10 million” to settle the case earlier than she filed it.

He went on to say that Sharpe, host of the favored sports activities podcast “Nightcap,” had mediation conversations with Zuniga concerning the potential case; nevertheless, they halted “within the last month or so.”

Davis said Zuniga “suddenly, without warning, walked away from our offer.” He later added that the submitting was a “big surprise.”

On Monday, April 21, information broke that Zuniga (listed as “Jane Doe”) filed a $50 million lawsuit in opposition to Sharpe, alleging the NFL participant assaulted and battered her. Tony Buzbee, a famed legal professional recognized for his dismissed lawsuit in opposition to Jay-Z, is representing her.

In the swimsuit, she detailed the start of their relationship, which she stated originated at a Los Angeles gymnasium when she was 20 years outdated.

Eventually, in line with the paperwork, Sharpe’s alleged relationship with Zuniga grew to become controlling and abusive.

“He demanded complete control over her time and body,” Buzbee wrote on behalf of his consumer, “expecting her to be at his house on his schedule, at his command, whenever he called.”

The authorized paperwork additionally declare the NFL participant and media personality allegedly threatened to “k-ll” Zuniga when he discovered she was making an attempt to share her location with folks on her telephone.

The swimsuit learn, “The moment he realized what she was doing, he grabbed her by the neck and told her, ‘If you ever do that again, I will f-cking kill you.'”

As the submitting went on, Zuniga claimed Sharpe allegedly raped her after she tried to finish their relationship following his notorious intercourse scandal on Instagram in 2024.

In the paperwork, Zuniga stated Sharpe compelled himself on her “while she was crying and sobbing.”

She added that Sharpe allegedly raped her once more in January 2025 after allegedly promising to ship vacation presents to her residence.

On April 22, Buzbee supplied TMZ with an audio recording from Zuniga, which she claimed options her having a dialog with Sharpe.

During the decision, a feminine voice, presumed to be Zuniga, will be heard saying, “I don’t know. Anything I say, you’re just gonna, like, get mad at me and you’re just gonna hang up on me.”

Moments later, a male voice, which Zuniga and Buzbee alleged was Sharpe, stated, “I’m not going to hang up on you. It is what it is.”

Later, the male voice advised the lady on the road that she was probably going to start out being a “d-ck to me now,” which urged her to inform him to not “manipulate me.”

That’s when issues turned ugly.

The male voice replied: “Oh, lord, have mercy. If you say that word one more time, I’m gonna f-cking choke the sh-t out of you when I see you.”

The feminine voice stated, “I don’t wanna be choked,” to which the male caller stated, “Yes, you do. I don’t think you have a choice in the matter.”