FRISCO - Shilo Sanders, the University of Colorado NFL Draft-eligible son of Dallas Cowboys icon Deion Sanders, is in a bit of hot water as he stands accused of failing to make payments on his $135,000 automobile. ...
And one long-time observer of The Family Sanders is not surprised.
According to Mercedes-Benz, Shilo has stopped making payments on his car, a 2023 model. The company says that Sanders, one of Deion's three sons, is past due on $6,877 monthly payments from December through February.
The company also notes Shilo has an outstanding balance of $97,239, while the trade-in value for the car is $97,000.
Shilo is about to enter the NFL, likely as a Day 3 pick. His brother Shedeur is among the most-talked about players in this class as a QB and figures to go in Round 1.
Both prospects were coached by their father, Deion Sanders, at Colorado.
And in the view of CowboysCountry.com columnist Richie Whitt - who has covered the Cowboys for 35 years, a time that included Deion's Hall-of-Fame play with the Super Bowl "Team of the '90's'' - the allegedly scandalous behavior here is no shock.
Writes Whitt on his Facebook page: "Next time you see Deion Sanders smugly pontificating about how to raise kids, remember this story: His son, Shiloh, (allegedly) assaulted a Dallas security guard, got sued, claimed self-defense, no-showed to the trial, and then filed bankruptcy to avoid paying the judgement against him.
"Oh, and now he's stopped making his car payments. ... Like father, like son.''
Deion, rather famously, stands accused of not always paying his bills while out on the town as a Cowboys player.
In Shilo's case? Whitt's court-related notes are factual. The younger Sanders did indeed file for bankruptcy in 2023. ... with an apparently goal of that filing being to avoid paying a $12 million settlement awarded to a security guard in Dallas whom Sanders assaulted when he was 15 years old.
When he filed for bankruptcy, Sanders claimed debt of $11 million.
The bankruptcy stems from the case in 2015 when security guard John Darjean attempted to confiscate his cell phone at school. Darjean claims that Shilo used his elbow to hit him with such force near his neck that it's left him with permanent injuries, nerve damage and incontinence.
Sanders claimed self-defense, but when the case went to trial in 2022 he didn't show up, leading to the default judgment of $11.89 million.
Deion Sanders recently agreed to a new contract to remain with the Buffaloes, one that pays him $11 million per season in addition to allowances of $300,000 per year for private jets to help with recruiting trips, a country club membership and two SUVs.
