Shannon Sharpe breaks silence on bombshell Fox Sports lawsuit

Shannon Sharpe laughed after declining any involvement in a lawsuit filed by Noushin Faraji, a former Fox Sports hairstylist, which accuses Skip Bayless — his former “Undisputed” co-host — and others of inappropriate behavior.During Sunday’s installment of his and Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson’s “Nightcap” podcast, Sharpe answered a fan question that asked the ESPN personality to address “the elephant in the room” about his personal life because he was trending on X at the time.The 42-page lawsuit was first reported by Front Office Sports on Sunday.

“That ain’t got nothing to do with me,” Shape said.“It doesn’t.

What do y’all want me to say? That ain’t got nothing to do with me.So, there’s nothing to address.

I don’t know why everybody keep — if you notice, everybody’s posting it, they got me.“In those 42 pages, it doesn’t mention that Shannon Sharpe did anything.

But yall want to get clicks, so ya’ll mention me.”Faraji, a former Fox Sports employee with over a decade of service, does not accuse Sharpe of any wrongdoing in the lawsuit.Sharpe is mentioned, though, in the lawsuit, in which Faraji alleges Bayless accused her of having sex with Sharpe.

“On April 13, 2022, Mr.Bayless texted Ms.

Faraji: ‘Not comfortable coming down there.Just do what you need to do.

It’s ok.’ Ms.Faraji asked him what was wrong.

He replied: ‘Same stuff.Worse.’ Ms.

Faraji, concerned about her own job, walked to Mr.Bayless’s fitting room to see if everything was okay.

Mr.Bayless answered the door, and before Ms.

Faraji could speak, he began to angrily accuse Ms.Faraji of “f***ing” Mr.

Sharpe.“Ms.

Faraji tried to explain that she did not have any feelings towards Mr.Sharpe and had never slept with him or any other talent member or employee at Fox, but before she could speak, Mr.

Bayless demanded she come to his car after the show.Ms.

Faraji responded that she could not come sit in his car as it was inappropri...