After losing the $11.8 million lawsuit against him, Shilo Sanders’s finances have taken a big hit and, in turn, so has his reputation. The plaintiff of Shilo’s assault, John Darjean, had sued him in Texas State Court in 2015 which went to trial in 2022. Shilo didn’t attend the hearing, which proved him guilty. As a result, the court ordered him to pay $11.89 million to Darjean for all the physical and mental injuries he sustained from the attack.
Since Shilo filed for bankruptcy in October 2023 following the legal order. He first disclosed $477,881 and later disclosed $320,477 in December 2023. The numbers Shilo Sanders disclosed simply shocked the fans. “Deion’s kid filing bankruptcy? Yeah, he is not Donald Trump,” was the only repartee Coach Zach, the host of ‘Menace 2 Football’, could shoot Shilo’s way. Equally unable to comprehend, Coach Zach’s co-host Kris had one simple question for Shilo Sanders – one that everyone had been wondering about: What about all his NIL money?
Per On3, Shilo Sanders was once valued at $2.3 million. Indeed, Shilo had one hefty purse then. “We’re talking about Louis Vuitton. talking about wearing $50,000 watches,” Kris iterated, listing out the flashy deals Shilo made in 2023. The addition of RAM1500 TRX with his brother Shedeur, the price of which starts from $98,400 and goes up to $119,620.
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Not to mention, Shilo is the son of Deion Sanders, whose net worth is estimated to be around $45 million. Even his brother Shedeur Sanders is a millionaire, whose NIL valuation goes as high as $4.7 million. For Kris and Coach Zach, all of it doesn’t add up. “So we’re either being really irresponsible with money or something else is going on here,” Kris confronted in a no-nonsense way. To make matters worse for the Buffaloes’ safety, the video of Buffs players gambling away raised more questions and pointed fingers at Shilo Sanders.
CU Buffs players spotted gambling away
The storm against Deion Sanders and his son Shilo is getting worse by the day. To worsen it further, the video of Buffs’ students irresponsibly gambling away their money resurfaced on May 26. First appearing in an article in SI.com by Broncos Insidеr Bеnjamin Allbright, the video had former Buffs player Cormani McClain and about 8 other Buffs players shooting dice on the floor and pool tables at their training facility.
Since all of them donned the grey uniform of Colorado, the video is suspected to have been filmed around the start of the 2023 sеason. The presence of Shilo Sanders’ in the video remains unclear but the digs at Shilo Sanders could never be stopped. Schеld wrote, “Maybе Shilo Sandеrs can borrow $$$ from his tеammatеs to sеttlе up thе bankruptcy.” With almost everything stacked against them, it will be a steep uphill battle from here for Shilo Sanders.