Overview
- At an Aug. 14 pretrial conference, Judge Michael E. Romero said Deion Sanders has been subpoenaed and the bankruptcy trial is scheduled for Aug. 31–Sept. 4, which overlaps Colorado’s Sept. 3 season opener.
- The trial will decide whether the 2022 $11.89 million default judgment from a 2015 school incident qualifies as a “willful and malicious” injury that cannot be wiped out in Chapter 7 bankruptcy or as conduct that could be discharged if judged self‑defense.
- Court filings say the plaintiff claims Deion spoke by phone to the parties shortly before the 2015 incident, which is why his conversation may be relevant to Shilo’s state of mind that day.
- It is not public that Deion has been formally served, and he could seek to quash the subpoena, give recorded testimony by deposition, or be ordered to appear live, a decision that would affect his availability for game planning and travel.
- The matter is one strand of a decade‑long legal fight that began in 2015, produced the Texas default judgment when Shilo did not appear at trial, and drew additional bankruptcy‑related claims from a 2025 trustee lawsuit.