Initially, this season, Coach Prime’s son, Shilo Sanders, was completely missing from the scene. His forearm injury kept him away for a while. However, his performance after his recovery at Kansas State raised significant questions. But in the next game, he made sure to turn the criticism into appreciation. Shilo is currently in the spotlight because of his bankruptcy case.

Deion’s safety filed for bankruptcy in October 2023 with the intention to get rid of the debt he owes to John Darjean, a security guard from his old school in Dallas. The bankruptcy amount is $11.89 million. Filing for bankruptcy is way for the debtors to discharge their debts. However, that filing may not get accepted if the debt is coming from a “willful and malicious injury by the debtor”. That’s exactly what the other side is trying to argue. Darjean sued the Buffs’ safety and won an $11.89 million default judgement in 2022. How is the federal bankruptcy judge overseeing the case seeing it?

Michael Romero, the judge in question, did not make any specific statements after the recent hearing. However, the judge hinted that the case might go to trial. Now the big question is: What will the trail focus on? He clearly mentioned that the trail would focus on Shilo’s mental health when he was 15 years old and he assaulted a security guard at his school.

According to USA Today, Romero said, “If I deny the motion for summary judgment and we have a trial, don’t you agree it’s only on the mental state that existed at the time?” He suggested that if he decides not to grant a summary judgment against the safety, the trial would focus solely on Shilo’s mental state. Otherwise, it’s an open-and-shut case. What’s even to talk about? But, remember, Shilo was 15. The mental health defense may just have some legs in it.

Will his mental state at the time help him get out of the case he has been fighting since he was 15 years old? Probably the next hearing will clear things up for Shilo and his family. Now, let’s have a look at the original assault case against Shilo.

Four out of five investigations concluded that Shilo Sanders is at fault

How can Deion Sanders stay away from anything that troubles his children? Before the start of the season, Coach Prime urged the USA Today to investigate the case, and the reputed newspaper did. The findings? Well, journalist Brent Schrotenboer found that five different agencies had already looked into the original assault case.

The agencies include Dallas police, Shilo’s school, an insurance company, Texas child protective services and a civil court in Dallas. It is shocking to know that four out of these five investigations concluded that Deion’s elder son is at fault. Only Texas child protective services had a different take and stated that they couldn’t determine if Shilo needs to be blamed.

So the case is that John Darjean, a school security guard, claimed that he suffered serious injuries after Shilo allegedly assaulted him. The security guard claimed that Shilo threw a roundhpuse elbow at him while he was trying to take his phone at school. When the incident happened, Shilo was a ninth grader at FOCUS Academies in Dallas. Hold on! Even the fifth investigation, which sided with Shilo, changed their statements after finding new information and stated that as of now they couldn’t determine who was at fault.

USA Today reported police’s investigation: “On September 17, 2015, at about 11:55 AM, Dallas police responded to a call for service in the 2500 block of W Ledbetter Drive. The preliminary investigation determined a security officer and teen were in an argument when the teen hit the security officer. Dallas Fire Rescue responded and transported the security officer to a local hospital for further medical treatment.”

Similary, they also reported the school investigation report. Surprisingly, after initially suspending the security guard, the school did a U-turn and reinstated him. The report said, “You [security guard] were trying to take the student’s cell phone away from him. You were struck in the upper chest area by the student’s elbow. You then attempted to restrain the student against the wall. The student pushed back against you, moving both of you back off the wall. You attempted to restrain the student a second time against the wall and then moved the student to the floor to restrain him. At that point, other employees entered the area to assist.”

Apparently, there is video footage that verified all these claims, but we haven’t been able to access it. For now, it’s the bankruptcy case, and an unfavorable judgement may bring fresh troubles for Prime Time’s son.