The former security guard who is owed more than $11 million from Shilo Sanders made another attempt to win his case against Sanders with a summary judgment ruling that would have prevented Sanders from getting out of that debt in bankruptcy court.
But bankruptcy Judge Michael Romero denied it again Jan. 27, setting the case on course for trial more than two years since the former Colorado football player filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in October 2023.
The former security guard, John Darjean, had asked the court to grant him summary judgment on the basis that Sanders inflicted a “willful and malicious" injury against him at school in 2015, when Shilo was 15 years old.
“The Court finds there are genuine issues of material fact regarding the circumstances surrounding the altercation between the parties, as well as Sanders' state of mind, including whether he intended to cause injury to Darjean and/or whether Sanders’ actions were justified,” Romero wrote in his ruling obtained by USA TODAY Sports. “Given that this Court is prohibited from engaging in fact-finding or evaluating credibility at the summary judgment stage, these issues are appropriate for trial.”
Judge Romero on Jan. 27 also granted a request by Darjean’s attorneys to abate, or put on hold, one of Darjean’s two lawsuits against Sanders, son of Colorado coach Deion Sanders. Both lawsuits seek to prevent Shilo Sanders from discharging the $11 million debt he owes Darjean from a civil court judgment in 2022.
