Shilo Sanders' Creditor Collapses During Bankruptcy Trial, Taken to Hospital DENVER — John Darjean, a former school security guard owed $12 million by Shilo Sanders, collapsed in court and was hospitalized after completing his testimony in Sanders’ bankruptcy trial on Thursday, September 3. Darjean, 50, testified for over two hours before collapsing in pain at the end of his testimony. He was released from the hospital later that day, but the incident marked a significant development in the case, where Sanders is seeking to discharge a $11.89 million judgment against him stemming from an incident at Sanders’ school in Dallas in 2015. This was the fourth day of the trial, which included conflicting witness accounts and medical reports from the 2015 incident. Judge Michael Romero also ruled that Deion Sanders, Shilo’s father, did not need to testify, citing that his testimony was unnecessary after Day 4. Darjean, the plaintiff in the case, sued Shilo Sanders in 2016, alleging that Sanders assaulted him and caused permanent injuries when Darjean tried to confiscate his phone at the school on September 17, 2015. Darjean claimed the incident aggravated a preexisting spinal injury, leading to chronic health issues including incontinence, nerve damage, and ongoing pain. His testimony during the trial revealed his physical distress, which intensified before he collapsed. During cross-examination, Sanders’ attorney, Victor Vital, questioned whether Darjean’s health issues predated the 2015 incident, noting Darjean’s history of degenerative disc disease. Vital asked if Darjean had possibly sustained the condition while playing baseball, but the judge intervened, stating that the causation of Darjean’s injuries is not central to the trial.#deion_sanders #shilo_sanders #john_darjean #judge_michael_romero #ruda_nash_james
