HOT TOPICS | Shannon Sharpe Allegations with TMZ's Charles Latibeaudiere - April 24th, 2025
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Morning, everybody. Welcome to Hot Topics, Don Lemon's show, 10 a.m. Eastern time. It is 7 a.m. out West, and there you see Charles Ladabudier, who is of the TMZ. And by the way, I just want to apologize in advance for the connection issue. We have a connectivity issue. It's interesting because on my screen, Charles, you're black on the YouTube screen. Well, I mean, I am black, Don. I don't know what. Well, I mean, you're only seeing a black screen. Okay. All right. All right. This must be clear, brother. All right. Yeah, it's interesting. So I think we should, if you guys look on the YouTube, we should take that Charles down because I cannot see him on the YouTube. And then we'll just put his name up there.
Charles from TMZ. Charles. OK, so, Charles, explain to me. We're talking about this Shannon Sharp thing that has broken over the last couple of days. And I don't know what the hell is going on. Can you please make it make sense? He was in a relationship with this woman. She's an only fan star. And then all of a sudden now she has filed a lawsuit. What has happened?
Well, the heart of it, Don, of why she's filed this lawsuit, she is alleging that there were two occasions that Shannon raped her. One of them being back in October of 2024 and the other being in January of this year. And Yeah, they had a relationship. That much is clear. They had a relationship for a couple of years. Now, his attorneys have described this as, and it certainly seems this way in the text messages they released, that this was not a, like, we're going out on dates, we're going to events together. This was a sexual relationship. When they were in the same town, they would hook up and they would have sex. And we have seen in these text messages that a lot more than I ever wanted to know about Shannon Sharpe's sexual endeavors in the bedroom.
But it is all laid out there in these text messages, very graphic between them. But she says that there were two occasions where it was not consensual. And that's what she's suing him for $50 million over.
Okay, Charles, so which came first? Because there are text messages and there's a phone call. So as you were reporting this story, what came first, chicken or the egg? Was it the phone call that came out that was recorded? And then they released the text messages afterwards saying, hey, look, this was consensual. Do I have that part correct?
So what happened, the order was that the lawsuit was filed and then her attorney, Tony Busby- We know that name. We've heard that name a lot in the last couple of years. But Tony Busby released the phone conversations, the recorded phone conversations. And then... Shannon's attorney released the text messages, a torrent of text messages. I mean, there's 500 pages plus of text messages that he has released.
What are the Shannon Sharpe allegations and when did they first surface?
Okay, so let's listen to the phone call, right, Charles? And then we'll talk about it. So this is the phone call that was released by her attorney. What's her name again? Amber or something? Shannon has referred to her as Gabby. Gabby, that's right. Gabby. Okay, here we go. Here's the phone call.
Well, you're coming to L.A. tomorrow?
Yes.
Well, I don't know why you want to go out. Don't worry about it, Gabby.
Well, okay. Okay what? Well, I'm not really interested in getting choked, so I guess we're going. Yeah, I might choke you in public. Big black guy choked small white woman. It's not a good look, Shannon. It's not a good look that you did with the shit you did to me.
Okay, well...
Okay. So then that came out and it does seem like, you know, you got choking and all of that, but they're saying, Charles, it is consensual. And again, we have a connectivity issue. Charles is there. Now we can see Charles. So I'm glad that we can now see you on the YouTube. Okay. So then what is that about? And then what happened? Yeah.
I mean, the phone conversation is real. People have picked this apart because there are all these long silences. I mean, there are two calls that released each of them where I think one was one, minute 30 other one was two minutes but 90 of it is just dead silence but when they're speaking now when you hear him talking about choking her and the other call also made a reference to choking her shannon says this is role playing this is something that they did they had rough sex they um would do role playing and that
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:14–3:22
2
What are the Shannon Sharpe allegations and when did they first surface?
3:22–15:13
3
What does the released phone call suggest about consent and choking role‑play?
15:13–31:07
4
How do the leaked text messages characterize Shannon and the relationship?
31:07–46:29
5
How does race play and 'slave/race play' factor into public discussion of the case?
46:29–1:02:40
6
What is Shannon Sharpe's public response and claim of a 'shakedown'?
1:02:40–1:07:38
7
Why are people debating whether this is a shakedown or a legitimate assault claim?
1:07:38–1:09:06
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