After sports activities commentator and former Nationwide Soccer League participant Shannon Sharpe by chance livestreamed a sexual encounter, social media customers claimed ESPN had fired him from the community’s TV applications.
“Dang he obtained fired on his break day,” one Fb consumer wrote Sept. 11 within the caption of a submit that included a screenshot of a social media submit that stated “BREAKING: ESPN has fired Shannon Sharpe, per @ESPNNBA,” referring to an official social media deal with of the ESPN model.
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However ESPN advised PolitiFact on Sept. 13 that Sharpe would proceed to seem on the community as usually scheduled.
Sharpe’s Instagram account livestreamed video Sept. 10 that included audio of Sharpe’s sexual encounter with an unnamed girl.
Sharpe described the video as an accident and apologized in a Sept. 11 episode of the “Nightcap” podcast he co-hosts.
He stated he had talked to ESPN in regards to the occasion and would proceed to seem on the community.
USA Right now Sports activities and different information shops reported Sept. 12 that ESPN stated Sharpe would proceed to seem on the community.
We charge the declare that “ESPN has fired Shannon Sharpe” False.