By David Close, CNN

(CNN) — Former NFL star Shannon Sharpe, who has been one of the faces of ESPN’s morning sports debate show “First Take,” is no longer with the network, a source with knowledge of the situation told CNN.

The breakup between the podcast star and the media outlet comes less than two weeks after Sharpe reached a settlement with an anonymous woman who filed a lawsuit against the famed tight end, accusing him of multiple instances of assault, sexual assault, battery and sexual battery.

Later on Wednesday, Sharpe, 56, spoke out on the reported dismissal, saying he was “very, very grateful” for his time at ESPN but expressed regret for the timing of it.

“I found out this information a little earlier in the week, and really the only thing that I really asked is like, ‘Guys,

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