Stephen A. Smith Reacts To Shannon Sharpe Leaving ESPN Amid Rape Lawsuit

Stephen A. Smith has an opinion on practically all of the items … and that includes a rape lawsuit involving his co-worker Shannon Sharpe, who’s now stepping away from ESPN amid the licensed course of.

Stephen A. reacted to Sharpe’s decision to “shortly” go away his duties on “First Take” in a Friday episode of his YouTube current. The media personalities are buddies and individuals are occupied with how Stephen’s processing Shannon’s licensed factors.

For Stephen, he says it’s his non-public opinion Shannon is NOT accountable … though he admits he wasn’t there for the allegations and solely is conscious of what’s been reported inside the media.

Stephen says he finds it laborious to contemplate Shannon would assault or rape anyone — as a girl is accusing him of doing — nonetheless he says, as soon as extra, it’s merely his opinion.

Sharpe says he might be once more on ESPN when soccer season rolls spherical inside the fall … and Stephen A. says he might be there for Sharpe “if he needs me” because of “that’s what buddies do, even inside the hardest of cases, sometimes notably the toughest of cases, they ain’t telling you you might be correct regularly, and hell, sometimes they might not stop you from falling into that abyss, nonetheless they’re there to raise you up when nobody else will.”