diff --git a/litellm/llms/sap/chat/models.py b/litellm/llms/sap/chat/models.py
index 11695b02055..48ac3ca5ee5 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/sap/chat/models.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/sap/chat/models.py
@@ -13,25 +13,6 @@ from pydantic import (
 )
 
 
-def validate_different_content(v: str | dict | list) -> str:
-    if v in ((), {}, []):
-        return ""
-    elif isinstance(v, dict) and "text" in v:
-        return v["text"]
-    elif isinstance(v, list):
-        new_v: Final = []
-        for item in v:
-            if isinstance(item, dict) and "text" in item:
-                if item["text"]:
-                    new_v.append(item["text"])
-            elif isinstance(item, str):
-                new_v.append(item)
-        return "\n".join(new_v)
-    elif isinstance(v, str):
-        return v
-    raise ValueError("Content must be a string")
-
-
 class CacheControl(BaseModel):
     type: Literal["ephemeral"]
     ttl: str | None = None
@@ -61,29 +42,6 @@ class TextContent(BaseModel):
         return result
 
 
-def validate_or_preserve_content(
-    v: str | dict[str, object] | list[object],
-) -> str | TextContent | list[TextContent]:
-    """Validate and normalize a content field value.
-
-    Strings and empty values are coerced via validate_different_content.
-    A dict is validated as a single TextContent block.
-    A list is validated as a list of TextContent blocks.
-    """
-    if isinstance(v, dict):
-        return TextContent.model_validate(dict(v))  # mutable-ok: ephemeral copy to satisfy model_validate dict contract
-    if isinstance(v, list):
-        return [  # mutable-ok: new list built and returned immediately
-            TextContent.model_validate(dict(item))  # mutable-ok: ephemeral copy to satisfy model_validate dict contract
-            if isinstance(item, dict)
-            else TextContent.model_validate(
-                {"type": "text", "text": item}
-            )  # mutable-ok: ephemeral literal passed directly to model_validate
-            for item in v
-        ]
-    return validate_different_content(v)
-
-
 class ImageURLContent(BaseModel):
     url: str
     detail: str = "auto"
@@ -147,33 +105,25 @@ class SAPMessage(BaseModel):
     """
 
     role: Literal["system", "developer"] = "system"
-    content: list[TextContent] | str  # mutable-ok: pydantic field; list[TextContent] carries cache_control natively
-
-    _content_validator = field_validator("content", mode="before")(validate_or_preserve_content)
+    content: str | TextContent | list[TextContent]
 
 
 class SAPUserMessage(BaseModel):
     role: Literal["user"] = "user"
     content: str | TextContent | ImageContent | list[TextContent | ImageContent]
 
-    _content_validator = field_validator("content", mode="before")(validate_or_preserve_content)
-
 
 class SAPAssistantMessage(BaseModel):
     role: Literal["assistant"] = "assistant"
-    content: list[TextContent] | str = ""
+    content: str | TextContent | list[TextContent] = ""
     refusal: str = ""
     tool_calls: list[MessageToolCall] = []
 
-    _content_validator = field_validator("content", mode="before")(validate_or_preserve_content)
-
 
 class SAPToolChatMessage(BaseModel):
     role: Literal["tool"] = "tool"
     tool_call_id: str
-    content: list[TextContent] | str
-
-    _content_validator = field_validator("content", mode="before")(validate_or_preserve_content)
+    content: str | TextContent | list[TextContent]
 
 
 ChatMessage = SAPMessage | SAPUserMessage | SAPAssistantMessage | SAPToolChatMessage
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/llms/sap/chat/test_sap_models.py b/tests/test_litellm/llms/sap/chat/test_sap_models.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9582258f753
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/llms/sap/chat/test_sap_models.py
@@ -0,0 +1,221 @@
+import pytest
+from pydantic import ValidationError
+
+from litellm.llms.sap.chat.models import (
+    SAPAssistantMessage,
+    SAPMessage,
+    SAPToolChatMessage,
+    SAPUserMessage,
+    TextContent,
+)
+
+
+class TestSAPMessage:
+    def test_role_system(self):
+        msg = SAPMessage(role="system", content="Hi")
+        assert msg.role == "system"
+
+    def test_role_developer(self):
+        msg = SAPMessage(role="developer", content="Hi")
+        assert msg.role == "developer"
+
+    def test_role_defaults_to_system(self):
+        msg = SAPMessage(content="Hi")
+        assert msg.role == "system"
+
+    def test_invalid_role_rejected(self):
+        with pytest.raises(ValidationError):
+            SAPMessage(role="user", content="Hi")
+
+    def test_missing_content_rejected(self):
+        with pytest.raises(ValidationError):
+            SAPMessage(role="system")
+
+    def test_string_content_accepted(self):
+        msg = SAPMessage(role="system", content="Hello")
+        assert msg.content == "Hello"
+
+    def test_text_content_block_accepted(self):
+        msg = SAPMessage(role="system", content={"type": "text", "text": "Hello"})
+        assert isinstance(msg.content, TextContent)
+        assert msg.content.text == "Hello"
+
+    def test_list_of_text_content_blocks_accepted(self):
+        msg = SAPMessage(
+            role="system",
+            content=[{"type": "text", "text": "A"}, {"type": "text", "text": "B"}],
+        )
+        assert isinstance(msg.content, list)
+        assert len(msg.content) == 2
+        assert isinstance(msg.content[0], TextContent)
+
+    def test_invalid_content_type_rejected(self):
+        with pytest.raises(ValidationError):
+            SAPMessage(role="system", content=123)
+
+    def test_cache_control_on_content_block(self):
+        msg = SAPMessage(
+            role="system",
+            content={"type": "text", "text": "Hi", "cache_control": {"type": "ephemeral"}},
+        )
+        assert isinstance(msg.content, TextContent)
+        assert msg.content.cache_control is not None
+        assert msg.content.cache_control.type == "ephemeral"
+
+
+class TestSAPUserMessage:
+    def test_role_is_always_user(self):
+        msg = SAPUserMessage(content="Hi")
+        assert msg.role == "user"
+
+    def test_invalid_role_rejected(self):
+        with pytest.raises(ValidationError):
+            SAPUserMessage(role="system", content="Hi")
+
+    def test_missing_content_rejected(self):
+        with pytest.raises(ValidationError):
+            SAPUserMessage()
+
+    def test_string_content_accepted(self):
+        msg = SAPUserMessage(content="Hello")
+        assert msg.content == "Hello"
+
+    def test_text_content_block_accepted(self):
+        msg = SAPUserMessage(content={"type": "text", "text": "Hello"})
+        assert isinstance(msg.content, TextContent)
+
+    def test_image_content_accepted(self):
+        from litellm.llms.sap.chat.models import ImageContent
+
+        msg = SAPUserMessage(
+            content={"type": "image_url", "image_url": {"url": "https://example.com/img.png"}}
+        )
+        assert isinstance(msg.content, ImageContent)
+
+    def test_mixed_list_of_text_and_image_accepted(self):
+        msg = SAPUserMessage(
+            content=[
+                {"type": "text", "text": "Look at this:"},
+                {"type": "image_url", "image_url": {"url": "https://example.com/img.png"}},
+            ]
+        )
+        assert isinstance(msg.content, list)
+        assert len(msg.content) == 2
+
+    def test_invalid_content_type_rejected(self):
+        with pytest.raises(ValidationError):
+            SAPUserMessage(content=123)
+
+    def test_cache_control_on_content_block(self):
+        msg = SAPUserMessage(
+            content={"type": "text", "text": "Hi", "cache_control": {"type": "ephemeral"}},
+        )
+        assert isinstance(msg.content, TextContent)
+        assert msg.content.cache_control is not None
+        assert msg.content.cache_control.type == "ephemeral"
+
+
+class TestSAPAssistantMessage:
+    def test_role_is_always_assistant(self):
+        msg = SAPAssistantMessage(content="Hi")
+        assert msg.role == "assistant"
+
+    def test_invalid_role_rejected(self):
+        with pytest.raises(ValidationError):
+            SAPAssistantMessage(role="user", content="Hi")
+
+    def test_refusal_defaults_to_empty_string(self):
+        msg = SAPAssistantMessage()
+        assert msg.refusal == ""
+
+    def test_refusal_accepted(self):
+        msg = SAPAssistantMessage(refusal="I cannot help with that.")
+        assert msg.refusal == "I cannot help with that."
+
+    def test_tool_calls_default_to_empty_list(self):
+        msg = SAPAssistantMessage()
+        assert msg.tool_calls == []
+
+    def test_string_content_accepted(self):
+        msg = SAPAssistantMessage(content="Hello")
+        assert msg.content == "Hello"
+
+    def test_default_empty_string(self):
+        msg = SAPAssistantMessage()
+        assert msg.content == ""
+
+    def test_text_content_block_accepted(self):
+        msg = SAPAssistantMessage(content={"type": "text", "text": "Hello"})
+        assert isinstance(msg.content, TextContent)
+
+    def test_list_of_text_blocks_accepted(self):
+        msg = SAPAssistantMessage(
+            content=[{"type": "text", "text": "A"}, {"type": "text", "text": "B"}]
+        )
+        assert isinstance(msg.content, list)
+        assert len(msg.content) == 2
+
+    def test_invalid_content_type_rejected(self):
+        with pytest.raises(ValidationError):
+            SAPAssistantMessage(content={"type": "image_url", "image_url": {"url": "x"}})
+
+    def test_cache_control_on_content_block(self):
+        msg = SAPAssistantMessage(
+            content={"type": "text", "text": "Hi", "cache_control": {"type": "ephemeral"}},
+        )
+        assert isinstance(msg.content, TextContent)
+        assert msg.content.cache_control is not None
+        assert msg.content.cache_control.type == "ephemeral"
+
+
+class TestSAPToolChatMessage:
+    def test_role_is_always_tool(self):
+        msg = SAPToolChatMessage(tool_call_id="call_1", content="ok")
+        assert msg.role == "tool"
+
+    def test_invalid_role_rejected(self):
+        with pytest.raises(ValidationError):
+            SAPToolChatMessage(role="user", tool_call_id="call_1", content="ok")
+
+    def test_tool_call_id_accepted(self):
+        msg = SAPToolChatMessage(tool_call_id="call_abc123", content="result")
+        assert msg.tool_call_id == "call_abc123"
+
+    def test_missing_tool_call_id_rejected(self):
+        with pytest.raises(ValidationError):
+            SAPToolChatMessage(content="result")
+
+    def test_string_content_accepted(self):
+        msg = SAPToolChatMessage(tool_call_id="call_1", content="result")
+        assert msg.content == "result"
+
+    def test_text_content_block_accepted(self):
+        msg = SAPToolChatMessage(
+            tool_call_id="call_1", content={"type": "text", "text": "result"}
+        )
+        assert isinstance(msg.content, TextContent)
+
+    def test_list_of_text_blocks_accepted(self):
+        msg = SAPToolChatMessage(
+            tool_call_id="call_1",
+            content=[{"type": "text", "text": "A"}, {"type": "text", "text": "B"}],
+        )
+        assert isinstance(msg.content, list)
+        assert len(msg.content) == 2
+
+    def test_missing_content_rejected(self):
+        with pytest.raises(ValidationError):
+            SAPToolChatMessage(tool_call_id="call_1")
+
+    def test_invalid_content_type_rejected(self):
+        with pytest.raises(ValidationError):
+            SAPToolChatMessage(tool_call_id="call_1", content=99)
+
+    def test_cache_control_on_content_block(self):
+        msg = SAPToolChatMessage(
+            tool_call_id="call_1",
+            content={"type": "text", "text": "result", "cache_control": {"type": "ephemeral"}},
+        )
+        assert isinstance(msg.content, TextContent)
+        assert msg.content.cache_control is not None
+        assert msg.content.cache_control.type == "ephemeral"