Thread: Shannon Sharpe takes leave from CBS Sports amid sexual assault allegation

http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_16085962?source=rss

Denver-area acquaintances of Michele Bundy were alarmed but not overly surprised upon hearing the news she has taken legal action against former Broncos tight end Shannon Sharpe.

The Fulton County Superior Court in Atlanta granted Bundy a temporary restraining order against Sharpe, who has taken a temporary leave of absence from his job as NFL analyst for CBS until the matter is resolved.

"My first reaction was: 'Oh, my God, this woman is trying to put the screws to this guy,' " Troy Holocker of Denver said. "Everyone knows this is a lie. This is what the woman went out to do. To hear this woman drag his name through the mud made me mad."

In the petition filed in the Fulton County court earlier this week, Bundy alleged that Sharpe threatened her life and forced her into sex. A protection order hearing has been set for Monday. Attempts to reach Bundy were unsuccessful. Sharpe has not been arrested or charged with a crime.

"She's been infatuated with Shannon Sharpe for years to the point I think she was kind of stalking him," Thayne Davis of Roxborough said. "She moved to Georgia to be closer to him. She has some insane idea in her head that he's going to be in a relationship with her."

Davis and his wife recently allowed Bundy and her daughter to live in their Roxborough home for a few months, until late-June. However, Davis said Bundy had overstayed her welcome at their home and was ordered to leave in late-June.

"We had to get the police to escort her out," Davis said. "She was fabricating stories against me too."

Davis said Bundy had lived in Denver for several years, including a stretch when she worked for a television station. Bundy met Sharpe, Davis said, during a time when she was granted media credentials to the Broncos' games and locker room at designated interview times. Davis said he occasionally accompanied Bundy as a photographer.

Bundy lived in New York for about five years, Davis said, then returned this year to the Denver area before recently moving to the Atlanta area.

"She sold everything she had, bought an RV and moved out to be close to Shannon Sharpe's house," Davis said.

Two things of note about this story:

1) This almost sounds like the Steve Phillips thing where media person gets involved with sports guy, might have even had sex together, and now she absolutely won't let go of it to the point of stalking the guy in a Fatal Attraction sort of way.

2) Like Phillips, the media seems to have no second thoughts about disclosing this woman's identity. If they thought she was truly the victim of sexual assault, they wouldn't be publishing her name. So they are, in effect, telling us they think she's lying.

I wouldn't be shocked at all if this woman had previously demanded money from him and he told her no so now she's trying to play the victim while trying to make him look like a cad.

After reading that story Carol posted. This woman is retaliating against Shannon it would seem.

Shannon stepping aside from his job is classy if it was his idea and smart business if it was CBS'.

Its all been dropped now.
I'm sure Shannon just took a big sigh of relief.
Any news on if he'll resume work at CBS now?

Originally Posted by camdisco24

Any news on if he'll resume work at CBS now?

Good news for Sharpe!! I hope so because I enjoy watching him!

It's sad that this story even went public, yet another crazy b*tch trying to extort $$ from somebody famous. Hopefully this won't affect his HOF bid....

Yeah, honestly I could care less about the chick. She's obviously crazy.
Im more concerned with that HOF bid... He deserves a fair chance. A false allegation technically shouldn't cloud his chances but we'll see...

http://www.denverpost.com/broncos/ci_16085962

Yes, charges have been dropped. From within the above link, I find the following rather strange:

"Michele Bundy, who was granted a temporary restraining order by the court against Sharpe earlier this week and has been representing herself, withdrew her complaint Wednesday."

She had been representing herself - oh really - if there was ANY truth to this, WHY would you WANT TO REPRESENT YOURSELF???????????

bummer...big time...he is the best one on that CBS pregame show..I will miss him on there...sad

Originally Posted by Dzone

bummer...big time...he is the best one on that CBS pregame show..I will miss him on there...sad

I have not read that he will not be back - as far as I have read, he just took a "temporary leave".

Originally Posted by Denver Native (Carol)

http://www.denverpost.com/broncos/ci_16085962

Yes, charges have been dropped. From within the above link, I find the following rather strange:

"Michele Bundy, who was granted a temporary restraining order by the court against Sharpe earlier this week and has been representing herself, withdrew her complaint Wednesday."

She had been representing herself - oh really - if there was ANY truth to this, WHY would you WANT TO REPRESENT YOURSELF???????????

carol,i posted the article in a seperate thread before i came to this one,i decided to leave it up so people that only heard about the charges see the other side of the coin.

Originally Posted by Denver Native (Carol)

http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_16085962?source=rss

Denver-area acquaintances of Michele Bundy were alarmed but not overly surprised upon hearing the news she has taken legal action against former Broncos tight end Shannon Sharpe.

The Fulton County Superior Court in Atlanta granted Bundy a temporary restraining order against Sharpe, who has taken a temporary leave of absence from his job as NFL analyst for CBS until the matter is resolved.

"My first reaction was: 'Oh, my God, this woman is trying to put the screws to this guy,' " Troy Holocker of Denver said. "Everyone knows this is a lie. This is what the woman went out to do. To hear this woman drag his name through the mud made me mad."

In the petition filed in the Fulton County court earlier this week, Bundy alleged that Sharpe threatened her life and forced her into sex. A protection order hearing has been set for Monday. Attempts to reach Bundy were unsuccessful. Sharpe has not been arrested or charged with a crime.

"She's been infatuated with Shannon Sharpe for years to the point I think she was kind of stalking him," Thayne Davis of Roxborough said. "She moved to Georgia to be closer to him. She has some insane idea in her head that he's going to be in a relationship with her."

Davis and his wife recently allowed Bundy and her daughter to live in their Roxborough home for a few months, until late-June. However, Davis said Bundy had overstayed her welcome at their home and was ordered to leave in late-June.

"We had to get the police to escort her out," Davis said. "She was fabricating stories against me too."

Davis said Bundy had lived in Denver for several years, including a stretch when she worked for a television station. Bundy met Sharpe, Davis said, during a time when she was granted media credentials to the Broncos' games and locker room at designated interview times. Davis said he occasionally accompanied Bundy as a photographer.

Bundy lived in New York for about five years, Davis said, then returned this year to the Denver area before recently moving to the Atlanta area.

"She sold everything she had, bought an RV and moved out to be close to Shannon Sharpe's house," Davis said.

like I said... she wanted it!

http://content.usatoday.com/communit...er-withdrawn/1

CBS Sports reinstated NFL analyst Shannon Sharpe on Thursday after a woman who had obtained an order of protection against him withdrew her complaint from a Georgia court.

"We are pleased that Shannon will be in his usual position with the NFL Today on Sunday," CBS spokesperson LeslieAnne Wade said in a statement, via Sports by Brooks.

Michelle Bundy had obtained an order of protection against Sharpe, which prompted him to take a leave of absence from CBS on Tuesday. Bundy had alleged that Sharpe made threats on her life and forced her to have sex, though he was not arrested or charged with a crime.

On Thursday, Sharpe released a statement about his return to active duty with CBS:

"I had every expectation that based on truth alone these claims would never reach a court. This issue was dismissed in its totality and no monies and no communications were exchanged. Now I look forward to getting to work."

The Denver Post spoke Thayne Davis, an acquaintance of Bundy who previously had her as a guest as his house, who told the paper Bundy had "insane" ideas about her relationship with Sharpe.