Deion Sanders will not have to testify at his son Shilo’s bankruptcy trial

DENVER – Colorado football coach Deion Sanders will not have to testify at his son Shilo’s bankruptcy trial on Friday, Sept. 4, after the judge in the case confirmed it will not be necessary based on how the trial progressed since Aug. 31.

Deion Sanders had been told to be available to testify remotely at 1:30 p.m. MT Friday, if necessary, according to a ruling Aug. 27 by Judge Michael Romero. That would be one day after his team opened the season at Georgia Tech Sept. 3.

But because certain topics didn’t come up at trial that would have required Sanders to testify about them in the rebuttal phase of the trial, the coach will not need to appear in his son’s proceeding after all.

"He is released," Judge Romero said after Day 4 of the trial Sept. 3.

Shilo Sanders, a former Colorado football player, is trying to break free from $12 million in debt he owes to John Darjean, a former security guard at his school in Dallas. Darjean sued Shilo Sanders in 2016, accusing him of assaulting him and permanently injuring him at Focus Learning Academy in Dallas on Sept. 17, 2015, when Shilo Sanders was 15.

Original source: https://www.usatoday.com/sports/