Shilo Sanders’ bankruptcy case stuck in dispute over his privacy: ‘Ball of chaos’

The bankruptcy case of Colorado football safety Shilo Sanders is now mired in a fight over Sanders’ efforts to keep some of his financial information private even as he tries to free himself from more than $11 million in debt in a public bankruptcy court.

Sanders, son of Colorado coach Deion Sanders, owes virtually all of that debt to one man: John Darjean, a former security guard at his school in Dallas. On Thursday, Darjean’s attorneys blasted a recent request from Shilo’s attorney for a protective order – a proposal that would prevent certain discovery evidence in the case from being publicly disseminated or included in public court filings. Darjean’s attorneys said it was overbroad and would turn the case into an “unworkable tangled ball of chaos.”

But Sanders’ attorney is trying to protect his privacy interests and cited his bank statements as an example.

“If a party were to disseminate this information to media outlets or on social media, this would result in every member of the general public having access to where the Debtor (Sanders) makes mundane purchases, preventing the Debtor from having even a shred of privacy in his day-to-day transactions,” said the motion from Sanders’ attorney, Keri Riley.

In response, Darjean’s attorneys called Shilo’s proposed protective order “oppressive and one-sided.” They want the judge to at least narrow it.

“The assertion in the Motion that someone might discover the places that the Debtor frequents by disclosures in this case is absurd, especially when the Debtor is a very public person with an extensive social media presence continually maintained by himself and his family, in which presence the Debtor never ceases to flaunt his wealth and whereabouts,” said the filing this week from Darjean’s attorneys. “For example, on January 7, 2025, Shilo…


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Publish date : 2025-02-22 12:02:00

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