Stephen a. Smith breaks silence on the allegations

Shannon Sharp found himself in A highly accurate civil battle After accusing him of sexual assault this week.

The football hall, which turned into the national television star, was accused of sexual assault, assault, battery and battery. He was also accused of engaging “in the deliberate attachment of emotional distress”, with his accused Searching for $ 50 million of damage.

The situation has already become very ugly, as Sharp called “alleged” allegations while he and his legal team issued sexually explicit messages that the woman had sent over time. Women are represented by Tony Bouzbi, who represented twenty women who accused Descon Watson of sexual assault – all of these cases except for one of these cases.

Bouzbi also represented the woman who accused Jay Z and Tidi of the attack when she was only thirteen years old-the charges were dropped, and the Zez is now being sued the woman and Bouzby.

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Sharpe has become a guest adding to “First Take”, breaking the basic pillar in Stephen A. Smith silence about the “sad situation” “his friend” now.

“I have grown close as friends. I definitely rooted. I know that he has passed a lot in life, he overcame a lot of things, and when he left Fox, I was more than happy with his brought here. So all I can talk about is what I know based on reports, and I can talk about Espn and Disney,” Smith said on his podcast, which is what he realizes. “

Smith said that he also spoke with Sharp, who “categorically declared his innocence.” Smith “optimistic and prayer that he is completely innocent”, but he stopped saying this himself, and also criticized Sharp’s response to allegations.

“On the one hand, in the attack to defend himself, I completely understand where Shareb is coming from. On the other hand, when his legal team issued the press statement on X yesterday, they mentioned its name and revealed some of these explicit text messages, which were uncomfortable, and I did not know whether this was a strategy that would work,” Smith said. “One of the most difficult things in the world for all of us is to only lie down and to be calm and let our legal team do so. We don’t always know if this is the right thing to do.

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“I know, and I can tell you everything I spoke to Shannon, not in detail, but I spoke to him, and he categorically declares his innocence. According to Mr. Bouzbi, his client declares guilt categorically. Where does that leave that? I would like to tell you that I know the answer to this question, but I do not.

Smith added that he does not know what the final result is in terms of Sharp’s work in ESPN or in “the first to go”, but Smith said after talking to the Chairman of the ESPN Jimmy Betaro, Bitaru “we have made it clear that we take this matter seriously, and we are looking into this closely. Once we collect many facts as much as possible, we will go from this matter.”

“In my ideal world, This is equivalent Where the case was eventually dropped, it is allowed to continue with “First Take”, prosperity, brilliance, and has a shiny profession in podcasts … in my ideal world, moves. Somewhat, somewhat, we find all this liar. But this does not seem to be the way things are about to go down by looking at who is Mr. Buzbee and how his client declares that she is right and that she says the truth. I don’t know where this will go. I can’t talk to anything else, “Smith continued.

“I hope all of this is a sad ordeal that disappears because there was no truth, but I do not know. No, you or the rest of us. Just time will determine what the truth is.”

Sharp’s lawyer said, because I J. Davis, the launch of explicit messages between the plaintiff and a mustache “clearly indicates the nature of their relationship was by mutual consent and nature in many cases, which he started with specific requests and drawings.”

The complaint was accused of Sharp of “manipulating and controlling the plaintiff” and threats of violence against her.

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“A woman can say” yes “to sexual relations by mutual consent with a man ninety -nine times, but when she says” no “once, this” no “means no,” read the complaint, through the reports of Profilebaltalk. “The defendant, Shann Shareb, a man who used to get what he wants, completely fails to understand this basic concept. After several months of manipulating and controlling her, she was a thirty -year -old woman, despite her threat and repeated over and over again.

Sharp said that Bouzbi, who “targets black men”, “will also issue a 30 -second clip of a sexual tape trying to make me look guilty and play in every stereotype that you can imagine.” Buzbee emphasized that “an amazing, incredible video of already exists,” Speaking (s) volumes about Mr. Sharp and his behavior. “

Sharp’s lawyers admitted that the previous narrow end had previously made a settlement of about 10 million dollars, but she refused.

Fox News Polina Daidaj contributed to this report.

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