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🗓️ 22 April 2025
⏱️ 20 minutes
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0:00.0 | The 40s and Free Agents podcast with Daniel Jeremiah and Greg Rosenthal has prepared you for the 2025 NFL draft. |
0:09.7 | We've told you what last year's playoff teams need to return to the postseason. |
0:13.3 | And how teams with new coaches should approach the draft. |
0:16.0 | So as draft season comes to a close, we've got you covered before your favorite team goes on the clock. |
0:20.4 | We'll break it all down once all 257 picks have been made. |
0:24.8 | Listen to the 40s and free agents podcast on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. |
0:41.7 | Today is a different day because of where I have to get started and where I have to finish. |
0:43.9 | There's only going to be one subject discussed today. |
0:46.2 | And it's where we're getting started. |
0:54.0 | It's involving some news that broke yesterday involving Shannon Sharp, my colleague at ESPN, and my friend. The Hall of Fame tight-in was sued on Sunday by a woman proceeding under the name Jane Doe, pseudonym. |
1:03.0 | The 13-paid civil complaint filed in Nevada alleges that Sharp committed assault, sexual assault, battery, and sexual battery. |
1:13.8 | The plaintiff alleges Sharp sexually assaulted her several times at the end of 2024 |
1:17.9 | and the beginning of 2025. |
1:21.0 | The suit also alleges that Shannon engaged in the intentional infliction of emotional distress. |
1:26.9 | It should be noted that the suit was filed by Attorney Tony Busby. |
1:31.3 | This is the same attorney that filed a suit against Jay-Z and P. Diddy, |
1:37.3 | alleging they both sexually assaulted a minor, |
1:40.3 | which has since been withdrawn. |
1:43.3 | J-Z also has countersued Busby. |
1:48.2 | By the way, the plaintiff in the sharp civil suit is not the woman heard in the accidental Instagram live stream incident that made headlines last September of last year. |
2:00.7 | In response to the suit, Shannon and his legal team went to social media yesterday and |
2:05.2 | released a series of allegedly sexually explicit text messages between him and the Jane Doe. |
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