{"id":321242,"date":"2025-04-25T21:20:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T02:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/stephen-a-smith-reacts-to-shannon-sharpe-leaving-espn-amid-rape-lawsuit"},"modified":"2025-04-25T21:20:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T02:20:23","slug":"stephen-a-smith-reacts-to-shannon-sharpe-leaving-espn-amid-rape-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/stephen-a-smith-reacts-to-shannon-sharpe-leaving-espn-amid-rape-lawsuit","title":{"rendered":"Stephen A. Smith Reacts To Shannon Sharpe Leaving ESPN Amid Rape Lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Stephen A. Smith<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Reacts To Shannon Leaving ESPN &#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf3 text-titlecase h2\">Amid Rape Lawsuit<\/span><br \/>\n           <\/h2>\n<p>    <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n            Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2025-04-25T17:54:17-07:00\">April 25, 2025 5:54 PM PDT<\/time>\n                                      <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"44.2754145638\">\n<section id=\"cb-f503c8e663c2ad2b8f13e1817e745c88\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250426_ced448aad34a4484943aabe1a3f20c38\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:7e6057ff-f59e-40ff-9a6d-5696d48321f6\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Media personalities\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/ce\/4by3\/2025\/04\/26\/ced448aad34a4484943aabe1a3f20c38_md.jpg\" alt=\"stephen a smith shannon sharpe getty comp\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>         <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-f503c8e663c2ad2b8f13e1817e745c88--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-6a976cb84d52e09fc54593245ce7b6b6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"24.46875\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/stephen-a-smith\/\"><strong>Stephen A. Smith<\/strong><\/a> has an opinion on just about everything &#8230; and that includes a rape lawsuit involving his co-worker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/shannon-sharpe\/\"><strong>Shannon Sharpe<\/strong><\/a>, who is now stepping away from ESPN amid the legal process.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-6a976cb84d52e09fc54593245ce7b6b6--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-fb7782a24c31d021a77c3b80c8a31168\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>Stephen A. reacted to Sharpe&#8217;s decision to &#8220;temporarily&#8221; leave his duties on &#8220;First Take&#8221; in a Friday episode of his YouTube show. The media personalities are friends and folks are interested in how Stephen&#8217;s processing Shannon&#8217;s legal issues.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-fb7782a24c31d021a77c3b80c8a31168--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-8c9c039e723bc1370773f5d020ce153a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block canvas-youtube-video-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block--default \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-8c9c039e723bc1370773f5d020ce153a--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-ed34ddf978dfac1e26394137ee3df72c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>For Stephen, he says it&#8217;s his personal opinion Shannon is NOT guilty &#8230; though he admits he wasn&#8217;t there for the allegations and only knows what&#8217;s been reported in the media.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-ed34ddf978dfac1e26394137ee3df72c--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-323fb4e2a310c6b8742d7f6c2f9bc1b2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30\">\n<p>Stephen says he finds it hard to believe Shannon would assault or rape anyone &#8212; as a woman is accusing him of doing &#8212; but he says, again, it&#8217;s just his opinion.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-323fb4e2a310c6b8742d7f6c2f9bc1b2--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-b1a0874a19ad4f102dfeb98ca39ae67d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-d4be89e8-85c9-4446-a48a-61cb24328cd4-111075492-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-d4be89e8-85c9-4446-a48a-61cb24328cd4-111075492-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/a1\/16by9\/2025\/04\/25\/a139193f7da841b9b9beee12cfe95cf7_md.jpg\" alt=\"042525_tmz_live_sharpe_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span>\n     <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b1a0874a19ad4f102dfeb98ca39ae67d--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-1906ddcae2f64dab61a4f38e1edf77cb\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"36\">\n<p>Sharpe says he will be back on ESPN when football season rolls around in the fall &#8230; and Stephen A. says he will be there for Sharpe &#8220;if he needs me&#8221; because &#8220;that&#8217;s what friends do, even in the toughest of times, sometimes especially the toughest of times, they ain&#8217;t telling you you&#8217;re right all the time, and hell, sometimes they may not stop you from falling into that abyss, but they&#8217;re there to lift you up when nobody else will.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-1906ddcae2f64dab61a4f38e1edf77cb--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-5da50d268fda24887919a48070413c5e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"24.6301369863\">\n<p>For his part, Shannon maintains he did nothing wrong &#8230; even though he says he offered his accuser a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/04\/25\/shannon-sharpe-defends-multi-million-dollar-settlement-offer\/\"><strong>$10 million settlement <\/strong><\/a>that she turned down.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-5da50d268fda24887919a48070413c5e--><\/p><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/04\/25\/stephen-a-smith-reacts-to-shannon-sharpe-leaving-espn-amid-rape-lawsuit\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stephen A. 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