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According to TMZ, Shannon Sharpe responded to his accuser, denying all wrongdoing and calling the lawsuit a "shakedown". The accuser and her lawyer Tony Buzbee then released text message exchanges between the two and a recorded phone call where Sharpe is heard threatening to "choke the s***" out of the accuser. It was also revealed the at the time of their relationship, the accuser was 19 while Sharpe was 56.