LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — NFL Corridor of Famer turned broadcaster, Shannon Sharpe, is within the highlight after a girl listed as “Jane Doe” claimed she was raped and threatened throughout a “rocky consensual relationship,” in accordance with a lawsuit filed in Clark County Sunday.
Within the lawsuit, the plaintiff accused Sharpe of raping her twice final yr in her Las Vegas house. Sharpe launched a video assertion on Instagram Tuesday morning vowing to sue his accuser and his lawyer Tony Buzbee for defamation.
“This is a shakedown. I’m going to be open and transparent and defend myself because this isn’t right,” he stated to his followers.
The lady’s lawyer emailed 8 Information Now an audio recording wherein a voice could be heard saying, “If you say that word one more time I’m going to [expletive] choke the [expletive] out of you when I see you.” The lady’s crew alleges that the voice is Sharpe’s as he was threatening her.
Buzbee Regulation Agency stated in a press release, “Doxing and trying to humiliate or discredit Jane Doe won’t deter her from pursuing justice in court.”
“In Nevada, we are what is called a notice pleading state,” legal lawyer in Nevada, Robert Draskovich, defined to eight Information Now to offer perception into the authorized fallout within the state. “One has to lay out a cause of action and establish the minimal amount of accusations. I believe they have in this case.”
Whereas Draskovich doesn’t characterize both get together within the Sharpe case, he dealt with a number of high-profile instances within the space, equivalent to defending Robert Telles, the previous Clark County public administrator who stabbed a Las Vegas journalist to dying final yr, in addition to Las Vegas police Sergeant Kevin Menon, who’s accused of abusing his energy whereas on the job.
“Nevada jurys are generally fair,” he defined. “We have a fairly interesting cross section in both socioeconomic sense, as well as a real life experience sense. I feel this is a good place for a defendant to defend himself against allegations of sexual assault.”
Draskovich broke down all sides’s argument for 8 Information Now, beginning with the plaintiff.
“They’re going to argue obviously the age difference as well as the size disparity, to say that she did not consent, or if she did, it was under circumstances that he should have known were not actual consent,” Draskovich predicted.
The Las Vegas girl filed anonymously and accused the retired professional soccer participant of assault, sexual assault, battery, and sexual battery.
“His team went forth and disclosed her identity. There may be a motion for sanctions or retraction of the name later on,” he stated. “But obviously, once the bells been rung, everybody’s hurting so that could present a problem for the defense.”
Nonetheless, the Nevada lawyer acknowledged that sure elements complicate the case.
“This isn’t some sort of stranger abduction case where they didn’t know each other,” he stated, explaining he believes Sharpe’s authorized crew will lean closely into the argument of consent.
He additionally advised 8 Information Now the case may set a precedent for future sexual assault instances, relating to consent or damages. The lady on this case is searching for $50 million in damages.
