Former NFL star Shannon Sharpe has been accused of rape and battery by a woman in a 13-page, $50 million civil lawsuit filed Sunday.

The complaint was filed in Nevada and alleges the ESPN personality committed assault, sexual assault, battery, sexual battery and engaged in the intentional infliction of emotional distress.

The plaintiff, listed under the alias “Jane Doe,” said she was in a relationship with Sharpe for nearly two years, and it began as a “rocky consensual relationship.”

The plaintiff alleges Sharpe sexually assaulted her several times at the end of 2024 and the beginning of 2025. The woman, who is seeking $50 million in damages, said she met Sharpe at a Los Angeles gym in 2023 when she was 19 and he was 56.

The complaint accuses Sharpe of threatening to kill her multiple times, being “manipulating and controlling” and “repeatedly threatening to brutally choke and violently slap her.”

“Sharpe flew into fits of anger when Plaintiff noted his infidelity to their relationship, or called him out about his extraneous activities,” the lawsuit said, per USA Today. “What had once been manipulation, control and intimidation now became something far more dangerous and sinister. Sharpe even figured out how to get into Doe’s apartment complex without her permission.”

Per The New York Post:

“One time specifically, he was yelling at her while there a was a firearm visible in his room,” the complaint states. “Terrified for her safety, Plaintiff tried sharing her location with friends from her iPhone — just in case. But Sharpe saw her doing this. 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–king kill you.’”

The complaint alleges that Sharpe recorded their sexual activities, something without her knowledge, and that he was sharing the videos with others without her permission or knowledge.

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