Shannon Sharpe was in the midst of a mediation with the woman who accused him of rape when she filed a civil lawsuit against him “without warning,” according to his lawyer, Lanny J.

The Evans lawsuit has prompted Sharpe's legal team to issue another statement. "It should be of no surprise that when someone famous is in the news, all sorts of people crawl out

Shannon Sharpe has had a long lucrative career that is currently being overshadowed by his most recent legal issues.