SHANNON Sharpe has a love child he's kept a secret from fans for years, his ex-girlfriend has claimed in her sex abuse lawsuit.

In court filings exclusively obtained by The U.S. Sun, Sharpe 's ex Michele Evans claimed the former ESPN star has a fourth child, whom he has never publicly acknowledged.

The U.S. Sun has also separately obtained the original paternity case for Shannon's now adult child, who was born in 1993.

According to Evans' filing in her lawsuit , she claimed Sharpe has a "documented history of deception and concealment, particularly when it comes to truths that might tarnish his public image."

The NFL star's ex-girlfriend, who claimed to have dated Sharpe for nearly 10 years from 2002 to 2010, continued, "At his Pro Football Hall of Fame induction speech, Mr. Sharpe

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