Colorado football safety Shilo Sanders has been facing questions in court about his personal income and wealth after filing for bankruptcy last October with more than $11 million in debt, according to court records obtained by USA TODAY Sports.
The debt stems primarily from what a court in Texas says he owes to a security guard at his former school − a man who claimed Sanders attacked him in 2015 and gave him severe and permanent injuries, including “neurological injuries and damage to his cervical spine.” The security guard, John Darjean, sued Sanders for damages from this incident and won a $12 million judgment against him after Sanders failed to show up for trial in 2022.
Sanders, son of Colorado head coach Deion Sanders, filed for bankruptcy as a result in an effort to discharge this debt. But Darjean is still trying to collect on his judgment against Sanders and has raised questions in court about Shilo Sanders’ earnings from name, image and likeness (NIL) deals in college.
“Shilo is the honest but unfortunate debtor looking to get his fresh start in life, free from the oppressive burden of his debts, including the default judgement to the Plaintiff,” Shilo Sanders’ attorney wrote in a court filing in February.
The University of Colorado declined comment and said that Shilo and Deion Sanders declined comment as well.
Colorado’s Shilo Sanders during a game in October 2023.
What happened in 2015?
The incident in question also was the subject of a report Friday by Westword in Denver. It happened when Sanders was 15 and attending Focus Learning Center in Dallas where Darjean was employed as a security guard, according to court records. Darjean said in his lawsuit that Sanders was using a cell phone on school property during school hours when he was told not to do so. Darjean said Sanders physically assaulted…
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Publish date : 2024-05-25 17:54:21
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