Report: Terrence Shannon Jr., mother seek 'millions' in lawsuit vs. Lawrence PD, district attorney for malicious prosecution
Terrence Shannon Jr., a former Texas Tech and Illinois guard now playing for the Minnesota Timberwolves organization, is filing suit against authorities in Kansas for malicious prosecution, according to WCIA3’s Amanda Brennan. Shannon is joined in the claim by his mother, Treanette Redding.
Shannon was tried for rape in Douglas County, Kansas, and found not guilty in June 2024 via a mistaken identity argument. As a result of facing those charges, Shannon was suspended by Illinois — a move he was able to undo via an injunction from a federal judge — and faced intense public scrutiny before the not guilty decision was rendered.
And now Shannon and his family are seeking “millions” from the Lawrence, Kansas, police department, a detective employed there, and the Douglas County, Kansas, district attorney.
Shannon ultimately took the stand as his criminal trial wrapped up, and the jury deliberated for about two hours before turning in the verdict.
The jury found Shannon not guilty on both rape and aggravated sexual battery charges. The State of Kansas v. Terrence Shannon Jr. trial last around a week and included testimony from the alleged victim, who said a man grabbed her at a bar and sexually assaulted her.
Shannon and his legal team, as well as family and friends, reacted to the verdict after it was read.
In a separate testimony, text messages were revealed from a group chat including the alleged victim, her friend and two others. The texts showed one person sharing a link to an article about Shannon’s suspension at Illinois with another message saying “Got his ass” with two emojis with dollar signs for tongues.
Shannons’ legal team also petitioned to submit mistaken-identity evidence prior to the trial, saying a “third-party defendant” was investigated for the alleged actions against the other woman, but the charges were dropped.
“Terrence Shannon, by and through his attorneys Tricia A. Bath and Thomas J. Bath, Jr., and, pursuant to the 14th Amendment due process clause and the 6th Amendment compulsory process and confrontation provisions, hereby moves this court for a pre-trial ruling on the admissibility of evidence related to an identified third-party defendant who is alleged to have committed a similar sexual assault in the same location less than two weeks prior to the alleged assault in Mr. Shannon’s case and who was present [as evidenced by video] within a couple feet of the precise location of the alleged touching in the case at [the] bar,” the filing said, via ESPN’s Myron Medcalf.