Shannon Sharpe says people are 'glad' he has problems in rare comment about $50m rape lawsuit

NFL large and podcaster Shannon Sharpe yet spoke to his YouTube assemblage astir the $50 cardinal intersexual battle suit he's facing successful Nevada.

'Everybody knows what I'm going through,' the legendary Denver Broncos choky extremity told erstwhile Cincinnati Bengals prima and Night Cap co-host, Chad 'Ochocinco' Johnson.

Sharpe has denied raping the woman, an ex-girlfriend identified successful her filing arsenic Jane Doe. Although he's continuing with some of his fashionable podcasts, the Pro Football Hall of Famer has stepped distant from his part-time duties astatine ESPN.

He has avoided discussing the arguable taxable connected his shows, but couldn't assistance himself portion offering immoderate words of encouragement to Cleveland Browns rookie backmost and Deion Sanders' son, Shedeur.

Asked astir proving his doubters incorrect aft falling from a projected first-round prime to the 5th circular of past month's NFL Draft, Shedeur told reporters astatine the Browns rookie minicamp past week that he's chiefly focused connected 'proving myself right.'

Sharpe applauded that reply connected Monday portion speaking with Johnson connected Night Cap. Then helium veered into his ain idiosyncratic problems.

'Stop worrying astir what radical who don't cognize you think,' helium said. 'Stop worrying astir that… I conscionable request the radical that I emotion to emotion me.'

Sharpe began speaking a spot slower arsenic alluded to the rape allegations he's presently facing.

'Obviously, the elephant is not successful the room, Sharpe continued. 'He outside. Everybody knows what I'm going through. Lot of radical person a batch to say. But, arsenic my member [former Packers receiver Sterling Sharpe] been calling me, I met a batch of people, and convey y'all to everybody that's reached retired and the thoughts and prayers - I sincerely admit that - but erstwhile you deliberation astir it, Ocho, man, 50 percent of the radical don't attraction that you got problems.

'The different 50 percent gladsome that you got them.'

Johnson responded by encouraging Sharpe to continue.

'Come on, Pastor, instrumentality your time,' Johnson said earlier gulping down a tin of orangish soda.

Sharpe past veered backmost to the taxable of Sheduer, who appeared appreciative for the accidental he's getting successful Cleveland contempt past month's humiliating tumble down draught boards.

'Sometimes each you request is an accidental and present what you bash with that accidental volition archer america who and what you are,' Sharpe said. 'But the happening is that you person to larn that, I'm learning and it's inactive a learning process, is that you got to drown retired the noise, man. You can't beryllium acrophobic with everybody due to the fact that everybody's going to person an opinion.'

Sharpe's words past began to instrumentality connected a idiosyncratic tone.

'Everybody deliberation they cognize you, they truly do, everybody deliberation they cognize you erstwhile they truly don't,' helium said. 'They heard this oregon they heard that. Have you ever talked to Shannon? Have you ever been astir with Shannon?.. What what makes you deliberation you cognize him? How good bash you cognize him? So, Shedeur, conscionable spell bash your thing. That's each helium tin bash now. Now it's astir playing, astatine immoderate constituent the talking volition stop.'

In spite of his nationalist humiliation astatine past month's NFL Draft, Sanders was each smiles portion talking with media astatine past week's rookie minicamp successful Berea, Ohio.

His tumble to Day 3 of the draught efficaciously outgo Shedeur millions implicit the beingness of his rookie contract, which helium joked astir connected Saturday: 'I'm not trying to bargain anything. My signing bonus ain't that precocious close now.'

Going by the rookie wage scale, Shedeur volition apt get a four-year woody worthy astir $4.6 million, which is simply a acold outcry from the tens of millions helium would person earned arsenic a first-round pick.

Since that embarrassment, assorted reports person emerged accusing the younger Sanders of botching his pre-draft interviews with squad reps, immoderate of whom were said to beryllium turned disconnected by the erstwhile Buffaloes star's attitude.

But alternatively than attacking his critics oregon adjacent denying the anonymous reports, the 23-year-old struck a decidedly optimistic code with reporters connected Saturday: 'My occupation isn't to beryllium radical wrong, it's to beryllium myself right.'

The lawyer representing Sharpe's ex-girlfriend successful her $50 cardinal has released audio of 2 conversations betwixt the erstwhile couple, which his lawyer has dismissed arsenic 'misleading.'

'I'm not truly funny successful getting choked,' the pistillate is heard saying successful 1 portion signaling archetypal published by TMZ.

'I whitethorn choke you successful public,' a man's voice, believed to Sharpe's, is said heard saying. 'Big achromatic feline chokes tiny achromatic woman.'

The pistillate responded aft a little pause: 'It's not a bully look, Shannon.'

'Not a bully look that you did what the s*** you did to me,' the man's dependable fired back, though it's hard to accidental what helium was referring to.

The portion is eerily akin to different telephone antecedently released by Buzbee's bureau to DailyMail.com successful which Sharpe is heard saying: 'I'm gonna f***ing choke the s*** retired of you erstwhile I spot you.'

Sharpe's lawyer has confirmed the authenticity of that recording, but claimed his lawsuit was speaking 'in the vigor of the moment' and the convulsive menace was 'not intended.'

Sharpe has denied the allegations and accused the plaintiff of being financially motivated, though his lawyer has confirmed helium antecedently offered astatine slightest $10 cardinal to settee the lawsuit with his accuser.

Davis named the accuser successful an April connection that besides included respective sexually explicit substance messages she allegedly sent to the three-time Super Bowl winner. Furthermore, Sharpe's lawyer released purported substance messages betwixt the accuser and his client, including 1 from aboriginal January successful which she appears to impeach him of rape: 'no means nary shannon.'

In his ain statement, her lawyer Tony Buzbee claimed 'an incredibly damning video does so exist' and its contents volition 'speak volumes astir Mr. Sharpe and his behavior.'

Both Davis and his lawsuit person since demanded Buzbee merchandise an unedited mentation of the footage, which they suggest volition beryllium deceptively changed to incriminate Sharpe.

'Do not touch, bash not tamper, bash not change that portion that we believe, without immoderate doubt, was substantially edited, truthful that erstwhile it's posted, arsenic we expect it to be, we volition instantly explicate however edited and warped and distorted and retired of discourse it is,' Davis said. 'We volition get a transcript of that tape, and past we volition spot whether it's been tampered with.'

Buzbee has already denied altering the footage.

'The connection from Sharpe's newest lawyer falsely accuses Ms. Jane Doe of editing a video — a assertion that is not lone demonstrably false, but besides desperate,' Buzbee wrote. 'The lawyer besides suggests Ms. Doe refused to marque the video disposable to Mr. Sharpe. Again, this assertion is easy proven untrue.

'Here's what is true,' Buzbee continued. 'Although Jane Doe ne'er referenced immoderate video oregon aggregate audios that she possesses successful the suit that she filed, present that Mr. Sharpe's lawyer has decided to broach that subject, we volition code it.'

That aforementioned video 'will beryllium played to the jury,' Buzbee wrote successful his statement.