Michele Bundy Evans filed a $4 million defamation lawsuit against Sharpe for divulging their ongoing legal dispute on television after news broke that she filed a restraining order accusing him of sexual assault and stalking for the September 2010 incident, according to court documents obtained by Page Six.

NFL Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe is vehemently denying rape allegations, claiming the lawsuit is a "shakedown" orchestrated by attorney Tony Buzbee, who Sharpe alleges "targets Black men." Sharpe insists the relationship was consensual,

The Jane Doe, in a lawsuit filed on Sunday in Nevada state court, alleges assault and seeks at least $50 million. Sharpe “violently sexually assaulted and anally raped Plaintiff two different times in Las Vegas, Nevada, blatantly ignoring her requests for him to stop,” the complaint states. “He did it again in January.”