Overview
- A bench trial is set for Aug. 31–Sept. 4 to resolve whether the $11.89 million default judgment against Shilo Sanders can be wiped out by his October 2023 Chapter 7 filing.
- Plaintiff John Darjean has subpoenaed Deion Sanders to testify at the trial and the subpoena’s timing conflicts with Colorado’s Sept. 3 season opener.
- On Monday, Aug. 24, Deion Sanders said his son had “already won” the case but court records and reporting show a 2022 default judgment against Shilo and a separate 2019 confidential settlement that did not resolve Darjean’s claim.
- The legal question at trial is whether the debt arose from a “willful and malicious” injury, which can’t be discharged, while Shilo’s lawyers contend his conduct was self-defense.
- Procedural fights over service and testimony modality have followed an attempted campus service on Aug. 11 and a motion by Deion’s lawyer to quash the subpoena, leaving Judge Michael E. Romero to set whether Deion must appear and in what form.