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Dave Portnoy has revealed his grudge with Shannon Sharpe amid the $50million rape lawsuit filed against the former NFL star by his 20-something ex-girlfriend.
A woman, identified as Jane Doe in her lawsuit, has accused Sharpe, 56, of raping her in 2024 and 2025 during an abusive one-year relationship. The legendary tight end denied the allegations in a statement released Monday.
Her lawyers released a bombshell recording of audio of Sharpe telling the accuser that he was ‘gonna f***ing choke the s*** out of’ her on Tuesday morning. DailyMail.com has requested comment from Sharpe’s attorney.
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Soon after the news of the multi-million-dollar lawsuit broke, Barstool founder Portnoy weighed in on the filing but he surprisingly appeared to brush off the allegations, claiming they were ‘neither here nor there.’
‘[Sharpe’s] getting accused of all these sexual acts,’ Portnoy began, speaking on the Barstool Rundown podcast Monday – 16 hours before the new shocking audio was released. ‘I’m not going to delve into that because I did take a look in it and there’s a lot that you read and it seems really weird.’
‘Like, Shannon’s dated this girl and they [the accuser and her lawyer] are saying that if you have sex a million times and on the million and one, she says no, it’s still…,’ he added, trailing off on the concept of consent.
Dave Portnoy (right) weighed in on the $50million lawsuit against Shannon Sharpe (left)
‘And the Buzbee guy’s the Diddy guy, the Jay-Z guy,’ he continued, referencing Doe’s lawyer, Tony Buzbee, who is also representing alleged victims in the cases against Sean Combs and Jay-Z.
‘So I would never judge anything on Shannon Sharpe based on this headline. Nobody should because it’s a very sketchy complaint.’
But the allegations against Sharpe didn’t appear to be Portnoy’s main gripe as he quickly pivoted away from the lawsuit and turned his focus to his own grievances.
Instead, he shared that his real issue with the Pro Football Hall of Famer rested with his own snub.
‘That’s neither here nor there,’ he said of the lawsuit, after discussing it for less than a minute.
‘Maybe Shannon Sharpe has dealt me the biggest insult of my professional career. He had me on Club Shay Shay and just spiked it,’ he claimed. ‘Never aired it! I did a favor, my time! Spiked it.’
‘[…] Why would he still be holding it? No, you don’t bank it for years. Listen, I walked out, I didn’t think it was great but I didn’t think it was getting spiked. What an insult!’
Porntoy insisted that he didn’t say anything during his guest appearance to have caused insult to Sharpe or his ‘guys’ to have warranted the episode being cut.
The Barstool Sports founder revealed that he had previously been left insulted by Sharpe
Portnoy claimed the NFL legend spiked his guest appearance on the Club Shay Shay podcast
He also claimed that a mere explanation would have quelled his anger as he added: ‘I didn’t think it was awful but I didn’t think it was great. But you asked me to go over there, spend time, which I do and then you just spike it. […] I would’ve just liked a “Hey, you sucked,” and then spiked it.’
Sharpe’s accuser claims she was abused by the legendary tight end over their year-long relationship. She also claims that it was another woman, and not her, who was caught having sex with Sharpe when the Pro Football Hall of Famer accidentally streamed live audio of the encounter on social media in September.
Sharpe is first accused of raping Doe the following month, allegedly forcing himself on her as she ‘was crying and sobbing.’ He allegedly raped her again in January after arriving at her home with promises of Christmas and birthday gifts.
Sharpe denied the allegations in a statement through his own attorneys, which released the name of the ex-girlfriend accusing him of rape in a Nevada lawsuit, as well as sexually explicit text messages she allegedly sent. DailyMail.com has chosen not to name the alleged victim.
‘i want you to put a dog collar around my neck and choke me with it while ur f***ing me,’ read one of the messages purportedly sent to Sharpe by his 20-something ex-girlfriend and accuser.
‘I know u miss this big juicy a**,’ she allegedly wrote in another message to Sharpe. ‘$25k for each cheek.’
Sharpe has claimed that Doe is trying to score a major financial settlement.
Furthermore, Sharpe’s counsel, Lanny J. Davis is accusing the plaintiff of secretly recording a ‘consensual’ sexual encounter with the intention of editing and misrepresenting it for use in her case against the podcaster and ESPN personality.
Sharpe and his attorney released the name of the ex-girlfriend accusing him of rape in a Nevada lawsuit, as well sexually explicit texts she allegedly sent to him – which include the messages above
Davis’ firm released several explicit text messages, purportedly sent to Sharpe by his accuser.
‘To set the record straight, we are releasing several of [Jane Doe’s] own explicit text messages to Mr. Sharpe that clearly indicate the nature of their relationship was consensual and sexual in nature — and, in many cases, initiated by her with specific and graphic requests,’ read the statement from Davis.
‘Contrary to the allegations she makes in her lawsuit, consensual sex continued until January 2, 2025 – the day after she asked for ‘$25,000 per cheek,’ as quoted above from her text message to Mr. Sharpe.
The shocking purported exchanges between Sharpe and his accuser date back to November of 2023.
‘Only if you put that baby gravy in me, then I can do whatever I want to me,’ read one message Jane Doe allegedly sent to Sharpe.
‘I wanna put my tongue in you’re a**hole and then marry u,’ read another message.
Two of the alleged texts from Jane Doe to Sharpe included her request that he ‘put a big black baby in me.’
Doe’s attorney released the audio Tuesday and retaliated by accusing the NFL great and popular podcast host’s legal counsel of lying about the woman and misrepresenting the salacious text messages.
Skip Bayless (left) and Sharpe, pictured in 2016, had a very public fallout on Undisputed
The popular podcaster is a frequent guest on Stephen A. Smith’s ‘First Take,’ airing on ESPN
Buzbee also claims ‘an incredibly damning video does indeed exist’ and its contents will ‘speak volumes about Mr. Sharp and his behavior.’
DailyMail.com has requested comment from both Sharpe’s attorney and ESPN, where the popular podcaster is a frequent guest on Stephen A. Smith’s ‘First Take.’
The couple met in 2023 when she was 20 and he was in his mid-50s, according to the filing. The woman claims Sharpe told her he would ‘buy her fake t**s’ if she won a weight-loss competition with him. From there, she claims, Sharpe pursued her vigorously, calling, texting and ‘demanding she come to his Beverly Glen mansion.’
Jane Doe describes their relationship as consensual, but claims he ‘demanded complete control over her time and body.’ Often he was ‘expecting her to be at his house on his schedule, at his command, whenever he called,’ according to the filing.
A popular podcast host and ESPN personality, Sharpe is rumored to be in line for a massive new deal.
Front Office Sports is reporting that Sharpe has received multiple offers as his current media deal with Colin Cowherd’s platform, The Volume, is set to expire. Furthermore, sources tell FSO Sharpe’s next deal is expected to exceed $100 million, which happens to be the reported amount Smith got in his recent contract negotiations with ESPN .
That might come as a surprise, but Sharpe does have a massive audience. A recent interview with comedian Katt Williamson hit nearly 90 million views and Club Shay Shay currently boasts around 4 million subscribers, making it among the most popular podcasts in sports and entertainment.
Regardless of whether Sharpe’s next deal surpasses $100 million in total value, it will assuredly exceed the $22 million he made over 14 NFL seasons with the Denver Broncos and Baltimore Ravens .