ESPN’s old personalities had strong reactions To the demand for $ 50 million bombs filed on Sunday against Shannon SharpeWho has accused of rape for a “Jane Doe”.
Sage Steele, a former “Sportscentr” presenter who left the network two years ago after a legal battle on the company’s COVID-19 vaccine policy, He said Tuesday There is “a long list of examples in which the conservative views of ESPN and Disney are more offensive than the questionable character.”
Steele message Arrived in response to a publication Of an X user who said: “ESPN did not place contracts to women with conservative opinions or silence them, while Shannon has had multiple questionable actions that involve women. Simply publish that.”
Ashley Brewer-Kaminsky, which was fired As presenter of “Sportscentr” in June 2023, also in Chimed.
“Never forget when I came for my boss for publishing a republican photo or congressman and UFC fighter in my Instagram story in the McGregor fighter. Lol,” he replied to Steele’s X Post.
The former colleagues get used to sharing more experiences when “the rules” in the duration of ESPN the COVID-19 pandemic.
“And @ashbrewkinsky remembers when we chew for breaking the Covid rules being too close and publishing this photo?” Steele wrote, including an image of the couple posing together on the “Sports Center” set.
Kaminsky replied: “But sitting next to each other on the live desk on television was totally well!”
Steele left ESPN in August 2023 when both parties established A demand that submitted That votes from his task out of the air in October 2021 for comments made on the company’s COVID-19 vaccine policy.
“I have decided to go to be able to exercise my rights of the first amendment more freely,” Steele saidWho had worked in ESPN since 2007.
In February, Steele was appointed the Recipient of the “new media” seat At a press conference at the White House.
Kaminsky and former NBA player Frank Kaminsky, currently playing abroad, expect his first child.
Following the news about the demand, Sharpe has remained in the “first shot” of ESPN on Monday and Tuesday, as well as in his “Nightcap” and “Club Shay Shay” podcasts.
ESPN has not yet addressed the matter publicly.
Stephen A. Smith said he received permission to Deliver a statement Of ESPN and the co -president of Disney, Jimmy Pitaro, who made it clear that the company is in the process of collecting facts and is the matter very seriously.
“I recruited Shannon … but I’m not the boss”, Smith said Tuesday In his homonymous YouTube show, referring to when Sharpe left Fox for ESPN in June 2023. Very clear that [ESPN is] Taking this matter very seriously and we are investigating this very, very closely and once we meet as many facts as possible, we will go from there.
“And that’s all he said. And I can mention his name, I recovered his permission to say that. I don’t know what means.”
Smith added that he spoke with Sharpe about the matter.
“[Sharpe] He was emphatic in stating his innocence that is a Shakedown, ”said Smith, referring to Sharpe’s comments on the matter in an Instagram video on early Tuesday.
Sharpe, who said the accusations through his lawyer in a statement on Monday, doubled his denial and called him “Shakedown.”
In his complaint, “Jane Doe” alleges that Sharpe committed aggression, sexual aggression, aggression, sexual assault and participating in the intentional infiction of the duration of emotional anguish to “Rocky consensual relationship” that lasted almost two years.
The plaintiff, who is more than 30 years younger than him, claims that Sharpe sexually assaulted her several times in the late 2024 already early 2025.
At a virtual press conference on Tuesday, Sharpe’s lawyer, Lanny J. Davis, said his client was in the midst of mediation with the woman who Accused him of rapeWhen she filed a civil lawsuit against him “without prior notice”, demanding $ 50 million.
Davis said Sharpe was willing to pay the plaintiff “at least $ 10 million” in an agreement, and that the plaintiff “advantage of toks” of the “very lucrative” contract of the former NFL star for his podcast “Club Shay” that was recently reported.
Sharpe hosted a day before Main office sports reports Which is expected to sign an agreement for its “Club Shay Shay” podcast that would exceed $ 100 million after its contract with the Colin Cowherd podcast network recently expired.
