Those close to Shannon Sharpe are adamant his relationship with his rape accuser was "purely" a BDSM one -- where the two would meet up for rough sex about once a week ... and nothing more.
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00:00The Shannon Sharpe story has just gotten even crazier.
00:05So now what Shannon Sharpe is saying is that this was not a one-off situation where she is alleging rape.
00:14He is saying it was not rape, and this kind of kinky sex, the choking and all, was just their thing.
00:22I mean, what this comes down to is what is forcible sex and what is rough sex, and where is that line?
00:28That's right.
00:29Shannon is saying that this was rough sex.
00:33She is saying in her lawsuit, the accuser, that this was forcible sex, not consensual in any way.
00:40What we have learned now are some more details about this relationship, which has been, they've been going together almost three years.
00:49And the accuser...
00:49Well, you said together is an interesting word.
00:51Because not a dating situation is what we're told by people close to Shannon.
00:56And this was not like them going out to dinner, them going out to events.
01:01This was purely sex, on average, over the course of the relationship, once a week.
01:07She lives in Vegas.
01:08He lives in L.A.
01:09But they would meet up, and they would have sex.
01:13And what we're told is that from the beginning, this was always a BDSM scenario, where there were handcuffs involved, dog collars, and choking.
01:28At her request is what we're being told.
01:32Or, I mean, I don't even know her request as much as a mutual thing.
01:37Yes, that they agreed that that's what they were going to do.
01:39But, again, all of that is a description of, is to say, this is what the relationship was.
01:48Specifically, she is speaking about, and she has sued him for, two instances where she felt it was not consensual.
01:55One in October last year, and one in January of this year.
01:59And that is why she is suing him for $50 million.
02:04Her attorney, Tony Busby, has, well, I guess I was going to say interesting, but maybe the response.
02:12It's predictable.
02:13The response you would expect to all of this.
02:15And, by the way, that doesn't mean you don't believe it.
02:18It is a predictable response from plaintiff's lawyer.
02:20So, with all of this information, and, again, Shannon Sharp has been very open about all the things in their relationship.
02:26Tony Busby, her attorney, says, someone should tell Mr. Sharp that when you are digging yourself a hole, it would be smart to stop digging.
02:34The filed complaint and audio speaks for itself.
02:38Remember, she released, and Tony Busby released those phone conversations.
02:42He says, as you can clearly see from the text released by Mr. Sharp's team, no means no, no matter what has occurred before.
02:51Now, that is a reference to one of the text messages that Shannon Sharp and his attorney released, where this was from January, January 2nd.
03:01She says, I cried when you left because I begged you to put a condom on it and not put it blank, and you didn't listen.
03:10I don't care what our history is.
03:11No means no, Shannon.
03:13And we did, when we got that text message and they released it, we did say that it seems odd that they would, I mean, I get it.
03:21They say they're putting it all out there, but that is an instance of the accuser saying no means no.
03:26Can I tell you an interesting argument that he might make to that?
03:31That Shannon's side would.
03:32That Shannon's side would make, and I need to put this delicately.
03:36Mm-hmm.
03:37Please.
03:37What she seems to be saying is, you promised we would have sex with a condom, and you didn't put a condom on.
03:47Mm-hmm.
03:47Not that we wouldn't have sex, but that the manner of sex would include a condom.
03:55But if she said, I don't want to have sex unless you put a condom on and you didn't, that's still a sexual assault, at the very least.
04:02I mean, that's, I'm not saying one way or the other, because honestly I haven't researched the law on it, but it seems to me that what his lawyer is going to say is, even if that's true, boy, that's, that's, and I know that's what lawyers are paid to do, but that's really picky, right?
04:22I mean.
04:22Well, when you look at force, I mean, it usually requires some kind of forcible act.
04:28Right.
04:28That's the definition of right.
04:30Right.
04:30So the act itself, according to that, was not forcible.
04:35And I think she would say you forced.
04:36It's the manner that was, it was, it was fraud.
04:39And I think she would say, you forced yourself upon me without a condom when I told you to.
04:43Yeah, no, I get it, but you see what I'm saying.
04:45That there, that would be the counterargument there.
04:48Sharpe's attorneys haven't, haven't made that argument for what it's worth.
04:50It's, it's basically just boiled down to a he said, she said.
04:54They, Sharpe's people claim that it was all consensual.
04:57It was all BDSM that she agreed to and he agreed to.
05:00And now as far as Tony Busby and the accuser side, they are saying that they, they, they
05:05agree.
05:05A lot of it was consensual, but there were two times in October and January that it was
05:10not.
05:10So that's what Busby is trying to say.
05:11No means no, no matter what has occurred before.
05:14That's, that's their side.
05:14And that's Sharpe's side.
05:15Who knows where it goes from here?
05:17I'm Dwight Thomas from Brooklyn, New York.
05:19And I just want to say that it's not looking good for Shannon Sharpe.
05:23And a part of talking about sexual encounters is consent.
05:27And if someone says that you should put a condom on before you engage, that's not giving
05:31you consent.
05:32I also want to say that it doesn't look good that he tried to settle for $10 million during
05:36mediation.
05:37The text messages where she says no means no.
05:40And the phone call where she says that he's trying to manipulate her.
05:43But I also think we need to talk about the fact that she's 19 and he was 54 when he met
05:48her.
05:48That's a huge issue.
05:50She's only one year removed from high school.
05:53What do you two have in common?
05:55Why is he talking to this young lady?
05:56And it's so easy for you to manipulate someone that young.
06:00So I just think ultimately it's not looking good for him.
06:02And based on the evidence that's come out, it just seems to be getting worse and worse.
06:07And I, and I truly think that he's not going to win this fight.
06:13So I think that's a really good story.
06:16So I'm out.