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Mavericks owner Mark Cuban denies 2011 sexual assault claim

A report surfaced Tuesday that Cuban was accused of sexual assault in a Portland bar in 2011.

According to an official police report and transcript obtained by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nigel Jaquiss of Williamette Weekly, late on the night of April 22, 2011 at The Barrel Room nightclub in Old Town, Portland, a woman approached Cuban to take a photo. She later alleged Cuban sexually assaulted her during their impromptu photoshoot. The sensitive details of her allegation can be found in Jaquiss’s piece.

On Wednesday, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban denied the accusation of sexual assault in a Portland bar back in 2011. “It didn’t happen,” he wrote in an e-mail to The Associated Press on Tuesday.

The woman, who remains anonymous, has left the incident in the past but stands by her initial account, offering up the following quote on Tuesday to the Williamette Weekly:

“I filed the report because what he did was wrong,” she said. “I stand behind that report 1,000 percent.”

Cuban’s lawyer, Stephen Houze, categorically denied the accusation in a statement to Williamette Weekly:

“These allegations are thoroughly investigated by the Multnomah County District’s Attorney’s Office and the Portland Police Bureau,” Houze said in the statement. “According to the detailed prosecution decline memo, investigators interviewed the complainant’s boyfriend and female friend, as well as employees and patrons of the bar, and other persons with Mr. Cuban and no one observed any inappropriate behavior by Mr. Cuban.

”This incident never happened and her accusations are false.”

In 2011, The District Attorney’s office determined there wasn’t enough evidence to press criminal charges.

“The case detective and the complainant both agree with the conclusion there is no corroborative evidence to support the complainant’s allegation,” wrote senior deputy DA Don Rees on July 27, 2011, via Williamette Weekly.

”Because all leads have been exhausted and there remains a lack of physical or substantial circumstantial evidence,” Portland Police Detective Brendan McGuire wrote July 28, 2011, “I recommend the case be suspended.”

The police report details photos of Cuban and the accuser, and the detective described the photo quality as “not good enough to” see Cuban’s hands. But McGuire did say, “There are two pictures that do appear to have your shoulder dipping and your arm sort of, if you follow the direction of it, down below her waist.”

Cuban’s response in 2011: “’Cause I always make a point to show my ring finger whenever I take pictures with girls. My left hand.”

In one of those pictures, McGuire describes the accuser as: “Her teeth are clenched, eyes wider than the other pictures and brow raised showing a look of surprise and strain.”

The Williamette Weekly investigative report comes weeks after the Mavericks organization was flipped onto its head after multiple cases of in-house sexual assault were uncovered in a Sports Illustrated investigation. The investigation revealed that former Mavs CEO Terdema Ussery frequently made sexual advances toward female coworkers, and that Mavs.com beat writer Earl K. Sneed was arrested and charged with domestic assault in 2011. Human Resources director Buddy Pittman was also fired in the wake of the investigation.

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WOMEN POWER IN THE NBA

by Bert A. Ramirez / October 10, 2018

               The 2018-19 NBA season is just a week away, but one thing that has inconspicuously developed going into the league’s 73rd season is the increased role that women play in the male-dominated pro loop’s state of affairs.

               Yes, the NBA hasn’t only turned global after that iconic Dream Team swept the world off its feet with that dominating performance in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, but it has also increasingly become one of the leading advocates for racial and gender equality in recent years.  Proof of this is its having earned just recently an “A+” rating for racial hiring practices and a “B” for its gender hiring practices from The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sports, an institute at the University of Central Florida that “serves as a comprehensive resource for issues related to gender and race in amateur, collegiate and professional sports.”

               The ratings put the NBA “significantly above” other professional sports like Major League Baseball and the National Football League, despite what the report’s author, Richard Lapchick, said was a decline for the third straight year in the number of women hired among NBA teams.

               Two of the biggest examples of women having assumed a more significant role on NBA clubs are the Los Angeles Lakers and the San Antonio Spurs.  The Lakers, of course, have for their president the charming Jeanie Buss, the daughter of their iconic late owner Jerry Buss who took over control of the team’s operations from her recalcitrant brother Jim after an earlier dispute with the team’s erstwhile executive vice president for basketball operations.  The Spurs, on the other hand, have the highest-ranked female coach in the league after their equally widely-admired coach Gregg Popovich promoted assistant coach Becky Hammon during the offseason as his chief assistant.

               “I think there just has to be more, more of the same,” said Popovich about the hiring of the former WNBA All-Star-turned-NBA coach.  “There are more Beckys out there, they just have to be noticed and given the opportunity by people who are wise enough and courageous enough to do it and not just sit in the old paradigm.”

               One team that has definitely tried to shift from the old paradigm is the Dallas Mavericks, who now have eight women among 18 leadership roles after a sex scandal where former president Terdema Ussery, who spent 18 years with the team before moving to Under Armour in 2015, and website reporter Earl Sneed were accused by female employees of sexual harassment.  The cases of the two were the subject of a Sports Illustrated report that described a hostile work environment for women in Dallas, forcing them to leave the sports sector because of a structure that left them feeling vulnerable and devalued while supposedly protecting powerful men who misbehaved.  Two women claimed Ussery harassed them for years, citing incidents ranging from inappropriate remarks to requests for sex to touching women's calves and thighs during meetings.

           "Obviously there's a problem in the Mavericks organization and we've got to fix it," Mavs owner Mark Cuban told the magazine even as he was also accused by certain quarters of covering up his people’s shenanigans.  "I'm embarrassed, to be honest with you, that it happened under my ownership, and it needs to be fixed."

               Well, one way that Cuban thought of to make up for the scandal is by empowering more women in the Mavericks organization.  He hired former AT&T senior executive Cynthia Marshall as CEO and president last February and promoted four women to executive roles, turning an organization that did not have a single female in an executive role into one with the most in the league thus far.

               The Associated Press also conducted a survey among NBA teams and found out they’ve already been holding seminars on workplace conduct and putting women in leadership roles.  A large part of this is due to NBA commissioner Adam Silver’s own efforts, making it known in no uncertain terms to all 30 franchises that he believes they need to hire more women, including jobs with power, in the wake of the Mavs’ scandal. The NBA, in fact, intends to hold an event at the All-Star break in Charlotte, North Carolina, this February to grow the “pipeline of female talent in basketball operations roles.”

               Lapchick himself believes having more women assume responsibility in the NBA is a combination of efforts by both the NBA and its ballclubs.

               “Teams saw the results in Dallas with no women in leadership to stop/confront bad behavior, which I believe is not uncommon toward women in the workplace in and out of sport,” Lapchick said.  “Adam (Silver) has the respect to push and I am impressed by the NBA’s actions after the decline in gender grade when the Report Card was published followed by the post-investigation in Dallas.”

               Clearly, things are looking up as far as women getting their due in the NBA is concerned, and it’s a combination of circumstances and the proper response that’s doing the trick. (Photo by The Associated Press)

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Dallas Mavericks Hostile Environment

Dallas Mavericks owned and operated by Mark Cuban has been investigated by the NBA for a hostile workplace environment regarding sexual assault. The NBA did not penalize Mark Cuban but in returned he agreed to donate 10 million dollars to women organizations to fight women abuse.  The NBA announced that he was made aware of what happened in the organization but ignored the allegations that women were assaulted. Mark Cuban apologized to the women involved and their families. He says he is sorry he didn’t see it or recognize it. Mark knew of some the isolated scenario but failed to react. Women in his office felt unsafe as they were threatened and never promoted. Mark Cuban is a billionaire and operates his own tv show. Mark Cuban had a dozen women who was victimized. Woman were cornered in elevators, kissed on their heads, and had physical contact in between their thighs. Mark did not know before he bought that team what was going on with the company. Mark never believed that within the Maverick organization something like that will happen in his company. He felt the pain the females were going thru. He apologized to women that suffered abused. No one was willing to directly reach out to Cuban because his public image to society. He takes full responsibility for the actions of what was happening in his company. The looks on the faces on the Mavs employees he could see the pain on every one’s face. For years, men employees will come in the office and watch porn at his desk in front of multiple people. He watched the porn on his laptop or his personal phone. Many employees described the culture within the organizations as toxic because of all the buying, screaming and other forms of harassment women would receive that intimated them, into silence. The female employees felt that their job was always on the line because of all the sexualized comments and abuse that they endued during their tenure in the organization. Females where treated different because of there gender. Earl Sneed an employee working for Cuban had domestic charges against him in 2014 and Cuban even helped pay his lawyer fees to help him fight the case. Many critics believe Cuban should have had more control over his organizations and should have never ignored allegations from female workers in the organizations. The NBA could only penalize him 2.5 million dollars, but he offered to donate the 10 million to a better cause. We will see what happens as the other pending lawsuits play out in court and what Cuban does to solve the problems.

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Report: Mavericks employee looked at porn at work, created hostile environment ProBasketballTalk (blog) The blowback from the report and subsequent investigations was severe, with former Mavericks CEO Terdema Ussery and former Mavs.com reporter Earl K. Sneed at the center of the story in Dallas. Now a report from the Dallas Morning News says another ... LeBron James: No issues with leg, focused on resting up for Game 7ESPN all 3,617 news articles »

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Mavericks sexual misconduct scandal: Newest information, updates on investigation

A Sports activities Illustrated investigative report revealed on Feb. 20 discovered that the Dallas Mavericks group festered a corrosive, harassment-filled office. 

Over a dozen former and present staff have been interviewed as a part of SI‘s investigation, with one describing the group as “a real-life Animal Home.” There have been experiences of sexual harassment and home violence, and descriptions of an total misogynistic and predatory office.

We’ll proceed to replace this submit with the most recent information and updates from the investigation.

Nowitzki disgusted by ‘heartbreaking’ allegations

Cuban takes blame for not firing worker after home violence incidents

Mavs rent Krutoy Regulation to conduct investigation

Krutoy Regulation is agency employed to conduct investigation into sexual misconduct in Mavs group detailed in @SInow report. Evan Krutoy spent 20+ years as prosecutor in Manhattan District Legal professional’s Workplace, together with stint as appearing deputy bureau chief of intercourse crimes unit.

— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) February 21, 2018

Accusations give attention to former Mavericks CEO Terdema Ussery

Ussery grew to become CEO of the Mavericks in 1997. One yr later, in 1998, the group performed an investigation into experiences of his inappropriate habits. He saved his job, however a brand new human assets director was employed.

A number of girls accused Ussery of harassing them, together with unwelcome bodily contact and requests for intercourse. The ladies spoke to SI and confirmed the journal logs courting again years and detailing his habits. Ussery denied these accusations.

Ussery left the Mavericks in 2015 for a job at Below Armour. He resigned after two months amid an investigation into inappropriate habits towards a feminine coworker. 

A Mavs.com author’s home violence incidents additionally have been on the fore

Earl Ok. Sneed started as a freelancer for the group’s web site, then was employed full-time as Mavs.com beat author in 2010.

Sneed was arrested and charged with assault throughout the 2010-11 season, allegedly breaking his girlfriend’s wrist and leaving her with bruises. He pleaded responsible to misdemeanor prices in 2012 and saved his job.

He later started courting a lady who additionally labored for the Mavericks. In 2014 he allegedly assaulted the girl, who reported the incident to HR. The girl determined to give up. Sneed saved his job.

Sneed was fired Tuesday after the Mavs discovered about Sports activities Illustrated‘s investigation.

The 20-year HR director was fired for his position as an enabler

Buddy Pittman was introduced in to go the Mavericks’ HR after the preliminary investigation of Ussery in 1998.

Girls complained to SI that Pittman was unhelpful about their experiences of Ussery’s habits.

The SI story additionally says that some women and men within the group have been uncomfortable with Pittman’s brazenly conservative stances on issues similar to homosexual marriage, abortion and immigration.

Pittman was fired Tuesday amid the investigation.

Mark Cuban says he did not find out about these items

Cuban was by no means accused of harassing any staff himself by anybody the SI reporters spoke with.

Workers expressed to SI disbelief that Cuban — identified for a way engaged he’s in all features of the job — didn’t know concerning the common hostile atmosphere within the group. 

When requested for an announcement, Cuban stated he was “embarrassed” and vowed to repair the issue within the group. “It is mistaken. It is abhorrent. It isn’t a scenario we condone,” Cuban instructed Sports activities Illustrated in a separate interview.

Gamers

Per the investigation, there have been by no means any issues inside the firm involving gamers. 

Mavericks assertion

Shortly earlier than the Sports activities Illustrated investigation was revealed, the Mavericks launched their very own assertion.

The assertion stated they discovered of “habits in our office that seems to have violated the group’s requirements of conduct.”

They plan to rent exterior council to conduct an impartial investigation. 

NBA assertion

The league issued a statement shortly after Sports activities Illustrated’s report.

The assertion stated the habits indicated within the report is “fully unacceptable.”

The NBA plans to intently monitor the Mavericks’ investigation.

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What will the NBA do about the Mavericks?

We have that and more in Thursday’s NBA newsletter.

Sports Illustrated’s Jon Wertheim and Jessica Luther dropped a damning report on the workplace culture of the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday, documenting almost two decades of sexual harassment by former CEO Terdema Ussery and domestic violence accusations against former Mavs.com writer Earl Sneed.

Ussery left the team in 2015 to join Under Armour; he’s already left that company after facing harassment allegations. He joined the Mavericks as CEO in 1997; he had his first allegation of workplace misconduct in 1998. Alleged misconduct happened all along the way. Read the SI story for the details.

Mavs Moneyball published Sneed’s arrest reports, which verify SI’s reporting. That’s an enormous problem for franchise owner Mark Cuban, who claimed he didn’t know much about the arrest even though Sneed had been arrested at the Mavericks’ offices. Here’s a timeline encompassing what is reported and what Cuban has said along the way.

And here’s a very strong Kate Crawford piece on why it is unacceptable that Cuban didn’t know about the workplace cutlure Ussery built, if he in fact didn’t know (as he claims).

The NBA has said it will monitor the Mavericks’ own investigation. Given the scope and seriousness of the allegations, the league should probably have its own investigation going, and probably will soon. It’s unclear what the league can or will do to punish the Mavericks if it is found that the team ignored repeat signs of trouble. Is this a Donald Sterling situation? A multi-million dollar fine? Draft picks? The Knicks weren’t punished a decade ago after a major sexual harassment, but that was a mistake and expectations are different now.

That’s all something to pick apart in the future. For now, making sure the victims have the help they need is most important. That should be the NBA’s role. How awful that so many women left sports because of what happened to them in Dallas. So much talent lost.

By the way, Cuban was also fined $600,000 by the NBA for acknowledging that the Mavericks are tanking.

ESPN reports that Kawhi Leonard has been cleared to play again ... but that he has opted to remain out after seeing a specialist. Meanwhile, on Wednesday Gregg Popovich said he doesn’t expect Kawhi back this season. What should we make of this situation?

Paul Flannery had a long sitdown with players’ union president Michele Roberts, and the conversation is presented in two parts: Roberts on marijuana, LeBron, and more, and Roberts on free agency, the new TV deal, and more. Both are fascinating reads into what the players’ representation is thinking.

I wrote about the conundrum of Nikola Jokic’s contract situation for the Nuggets.

What happens when LeBron unexpectedly wears your company’s t-shirt?

Zito Madu on the All-Stars actually caring. Whitney Medworth with 11 magical moments from All-Star Weekend.

Rich Cho is out in Charlotte. Reports suggest the Hornets are trying to hire Mitch Kupchak, who built champions with the Lakers.

The Lonzo Ball album review you didn’t know you needed.

Here’s why Jimmy Butler got a DNP-CD in the All-Star Game.

We have games tonight -- six of them. TNT has Wizards-Cavaliers at 8 p.m. ET and Clippers-Warriors at 10:30. Full schedule here.

And finally: the great Hector Diaz tried to eat every hot dog sold at All-Star in L.A. and lived to tell the tale.

Be excellent to each other.

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Scandale sexuel chez les Mavericks

Earl Sneed, journaliste pour le site des Mavs lui aussi visé par ces plaintes, et Buddy Pittman, responsable des ressources humaines, ont d'ores et déjà été licenciés. Mark Cuban, le propriétaire, est quant à lui sous le choc. "C'est répugnant et intolérable", a-t-il réagi. "Je ne peux pas vous dire combien ... from Google Alert - "ressources humaines" -H/F http://ift.tt/2EYjvWs

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Dirk Nowitzki ‘disgusted’ by Mavericks allegations

Dirk Nowitzki had a strong reaction to the allegations made about the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday night.

SI published an article detailing the hostile workplace the Mavericks harbored over the past two decades. The article describes the team’s former CEO as serial sexual harasser; says the team’s website reporter is a repeat woman beater; and they say the team’s human resources head was dismissive of complaints.

Nowitzki says he was “disgusted” and “shocked” when he read about all of the allegations.

Dirk Nowitzki on the investigation of the Mavs: "It’s very disappointing. It’s heartbreaking. I’m glad it’s all coming out. I was disgusted when I read the article, obviously, as everybody was. I was shocked … that our franchise, my franchise, that stuff like that was going on"

— Eddie Sefko (@ESefko) February 22, 2018

Though Nowitzki may have an association with the allegations because it is about the team for whom he has played his entire career, he should be proud of one thing. The article specifically says that the players’ locker room was a refuge for employees who felt uncomfortable.

Here’s what a female former staffer told SI:

“I dealt with players all the time. I had hundreds of interactions with players and never once had an issue…they always knew how to treat people. Then I’d go to the office and it was this zoo, this complete shitshow. My anxiety would go down dealing with players; it would go up when I got to my desk.”

Nowitzki has been a face of the Mavericks since 1999. Mark Cuban has been the other face of the franchise, and these allegations reflect much more upon him than they do Dirk. Cuban has already taken blame for not firing the team’s reporter Earl K. Sneed sooner. Many are wondering how such a hands-on owner could have allowed all of this to take place under his watch.

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Dallas Mavericks reach partnership with 5miles to put logo on jersey Fort Worth Star Telegram The investigation painted a “misogynistic” culture of some male employees. It alleged that former CEO Terdema Ussery was a serial sexual harasser and former Mavs.com writer Earl K. Sneed had multiple domestic violence incidents, including one with a ... Dallas Mavericks and 5miles Announce Multi-Year Partnership, Including Logo Patch, to Connect Fans Through ...GlobeNewswire (press release) Nowitzki, Mavs hand Nuggets damaging loss in tight West raceVirginian-Pilot Is Mavs' Benching of Dirk in Clutch Time a Tanking Move?Bleacher Report The Denver Post -Mavs Moneyball all 188 news articles »

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Mavericks, NBA, Mark Cuban respond to Sports Illustrated investigation

Mavericks, NBA, Mark Cuban respond to Sports Illustrated investigation

USA TODAY Sports  |  USA TODAY Multiple parties have responded to a Sports Illustrated investigation describing the shocking conduct of former Dallas Mavericks president and CEO Terdema Ussery, as well as domestic assault cases against former Mavs.com writer Earl K. Sneed. The statement from the Mavs, which was released shortly before the article was published Tuesday night, reads in full: “The…

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What to know about Sports Illustrated’s investigation into the Dallas Mavericks

A Sports Illustrated investigative report released late Tuesday night found that in the Dallas Mavericks organization festered a corrosive, harassment-filled workplace. 

Over a dozen former and current employees were interviewed as part of Sports Illustrated’s investigation, with one describing the organization as “a real-life Animal House.” There were reports of sexual harassment and domestic violence, and descriptions of an overall misogynistic and predatory workplace. 

Here is a look at the key information from the SI story, by Jon Wertheim and Jessica Luther, that shook up the NBA world the night after the All-Star Game:

Accusations focus on former Mavericks CEO Terdema Ussery

Ussery became CEO of the Mavericks in 1997. One year later, in 1998, the organization conducted an investigation into reports of his inappropriate behavior. He kept his job, but a new human resources director was hired.

Multiple women accused Ussery of harassing them, including unwelcome physical contact and requests for sex. The women spoke to SI and showed the magazine logs dating back years and detailing his behavior. Ussery denied these accusations.

Ussery left the Mavericks in 2015 for a job at Under Armour. He resigned after two months amid an investigation into inappropriate behavior toward a female coworker. 

A Mavs.com writer’s domestic violence incidents also were at the fore

Earl K. Sneed began as a freelancer for the team’s website, then was hired full-time as Mavs.com beat writer in 2010.

Sneed was arrested and charged with assault during the 2010-11 season, allegedly breaking his girlfriend’s wrist and leaving her with bruises. He pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges in 2012 and kept his job.

He later began dating a woman who also worked for the Mavericks. In 2014 he allegedly assaulted the woman, who reported the incident to HR. The woman decided to quit. Sneed kept his job.

Sneed was fired Tuesday after the Mavs learned about Sports Illustrated’s investigation.

The 20-year HR director was fired for his role as an enabler

Buddy Pittman was brought in to head the Mavericks’ HR after the initial investigation of Ussery in 1998.

Women complained to SI that Pittman was unhelpful about their reports of Ussery’s behavior.

The SI story also says that some men and women in the organization were uncomfortable with Pittman’s openly conservative stances on matters such as gay marriage, abortion and immigration.

Pittman was fired Tuesday amid the investigation.

Mark Cuban says he didn’t know about these things

Cuban was never accused of harassing any employees himself by anyone the SI reporters spoke with.

Employees expressed to SI disbelief that Cuban — known for how engaged he is in all aspects of the job — did not know about the general hostile environment in the organization. 

When asked for a statement, Cuban said he was “embarrassed” and vowed to fix the problem in the organization. “It’s wrong. It’s abhorrent. It’s not a situation we condone,” Cuban told Sports Illustrated in a separate interview.

Players

Per the investigation, there were never any problems within the company involving players. 

Mavericks statement

Shortly before the Sports Illustrated investigation was published, the Mavericks released their own statement.

The statement said they learned of “behavior in our workplace that appears to have violated the organization’s standards of conduct.”

They plan to hire outside council to conduct an independent investigation. 

NBA statement

The league issued a statement shortly after Sports Illustrated’s report.

The statement said the behavior indicated in the report is “completely unacceptable.”

The NBA plans to closely monitor the Mavericks’ investigation. 

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Dallas Mavericks Accused of Widespread Sexual Harassment in Workplace

The Dallas Mavericks were subject to allegations of rampant sexual harassment and toxic masculinity in the workplace, per a searing Sports Illustrated report published last night. The organization was described as "a real life Animal House" by one former employee.

Statements came from dozens of sources—a wide range of both current and former employees, both men and women—with many of the allegations directed at team president and CEO Terdema Ussery and his apparently well-known reputation as a serial sexual harasser. Though, according to the report, he was certainly not the only perpetrator.

Victims came forward and detailed accounts of Ussery verbally abusing women, propositioning employees for sex, and instances of public fondling—repeated with such a frequency that at least one of the women in the organization had quit as a result of it. One woman claimed that while speaking with Ussery about weekend plans he told her he knew what she was "definitely going to get gang-banged." She was not surprised, however, because when she took the job she said one her friends warned her, "Whatever you do, don't get trapped in an elevator with him."

All the way back in 1998, the Mavericks conducted an internal investigation after several women in the organization complained about Ussery's inappropriate conduct. The only repercussions, it seems, were that Ussery stayed with the organization, employee handbooks were revamped with a new sexual harassment policy, and a new head of H.R., Buddy Pittman, was brought on.

Per SI:

“They basically brought [Pittman] in to save T from himself,” says one former employee, referring to Ussery by his nickname.

Ussery—a highly accomplished sports executive with what many believed was a viable shot at NBA Commissioner—was later given a three-year contract extension in 1999, and retained by Mark Cuban when he purchased the team in 2000. He then left the Mavericks in 2015 to take on a role as president for global sports at Under Armour (which he promptly resigned from two months into his tenure, coinciding with claims of inappropriate behavior in an elevator).

The environment extended to, and was perhaps enabled by, Pittman's unresponsive and unsympathetic human resources department. One woman in the report claims she went to Pittman "countless times" to complain about Ussery's behavior to no avail. Mavericks VP of marketing, Scott Paul Monroe reportedly told one woman to "just take" Ussery's abuse because "he's the boss."

Other examples of the toxic atmosphere included one employee who allegedly watched porn at his desk, and the beat writer for Mavs.com, Earl K. Sneed, who was accused of domestic assault twice, once by a Mavs colleague. During the 2010-11 season, Sneed was involved in a domestic dispute, in which a police report said that Sneed sat on his girlfriend and slapped her. Two months later, he was arrested at the Mavericks offices for assault. Still employed with the Mavs, he later went on to date a fellow employee, who multiple sources claim Sneed hit during a domestic dispute at some point in 2014. The woman later came into work with a badly-swollen face. Sneed was only terminated yesterday, with the Mavericks issuing an evasive statement:

"In a separate matter, we have also learned that an employee misled the organization about a prior domestic violence incident. This employee was not candid about the situation and has been terminated."

In a statement to the Dallas Morning News, Sneed claimed that the language used in the report was "inaccurate," but conceded that "the two relationships described in the report are not something I am proud to have been a part of."

The self-proclaimed "hands-on" Cuban now finds himself at the center of a workplace environment he says he had no idea existed. In a statement to SI, Cuban outright denied any prior knowledge of this toxic culture.

“The only awareness I have is because I heard you guys were looking into some things…. Based off of what I’ve read here, we just fired our HR person. I don’t have any tolerance for what I’ve read.”

Cuban also said that he had been vigilant in checking with his HR department about potential issues, especially since the #MeToo movement has become such a significant part of the national dialogue. Yet also in the SI piece, one source claimed that Cuban certainly knew of the organization's rampant misogyny:

“Trust me, Mark knows everything that goes on,” says one longtime former Mavericks employee. “Of course Mark knew [about the instances of harassment and assault]. Everyone knew.”

While the front office was a horrorscape of misogyny and sexual harassment, apparently the actual locker room itself was something of a refuge for female employees. On former senior staffer told SI that her most anxious moments came at her desk among her colleagues, not when she was interacting with players.

“I dealt with players all the time. I had hundreds of interactions with players and never once had an issue…they always knew how to treat people. Then I'd go to the office and it was this zoo, this complete shitshow. My anxiety would go down dealing with players; it would go up when I got to my desk.”

In a statement on the team website, the Mavericks said they had hired outside counsel to perform an independent investigation into the the specific allegations, as well as the general workplace environment. The NBA may also investigate, and could possibly discipline the team in various ways including, fines, suspensions, and the forfeiture of draft picks.

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Dallas Mavericks Accused of Widespread Sexual Harassment in Workplace

The Dallas Mavericks were subject to allegations of rampant sexual harassment and toxic masculinity in the workplace, per a searing Sports Illustrated report published last night. The organization was described as “a real life Animal House” by one former employee.

Statements came from dozens of sources—a wide range of both current and former employees, both men and women—with many of the allegations directed at team president and CEO Terdema Ussery and his apparently well-known reputation as a serial sexual harasser. Though, according to the report, he was certainly not the only perpetrator.

Victims came forward and detailed accounts of Ussery verbally abusing women, propositioning employees for sex, and instances of public fondling—repeated with such a frequency that at least one of the women in the organization had quit as a result of it. One woman claimed that while speaking with Ussery about weekend plans he told her he knew what she was “definitely going to get gang-banged.” She was not surprised, however, because when she took the job she said one her friends warned her, “Whatever you do, don’t get trapped in an elevator with him.”

All the way back in 1998, the Mavericks conducted an internal investigation after several women in the organization complained about Ussery’s inappropriate conduct. The only repercussions, it seems, were that Ussery stayed with the organization, employee handbooks were revamped with a new sexual harassment policy, and a new head of H.R., Buddy Pittman, was brought on.

Per SI:

“They basically brought [Pittman] in to save T from himself,” says one former employee, referring to Ussery by his nickname.

Ussery—a highly accomplished sports executive with what many believed was a viable shot at NBA Commissioner—was later given a three-year contract extension in 1999, and retained by Mark Cuban when he purchased the team in 2000. He then left the Mavericks in 2015 to take on a role as president for global sports at Under Armour (which he promptly resigned from two months into his tenure, coinciding with claims of inappropriate behavior in an elevator).

The environment extended to, and was perhaps enabled by, Pittman’s unresponsive and unsympathetic human resources department. One woman in the report claims she went to Pittman “countless times” to complain about Ussery’s behavior to no avail. Mavericks VP of marketing, Scott Paul Monroe reportedly told one woman to “just take” Ussery’s abuse because “he’s the boss.”

Other examples of the toxic atmosphere included one employee who allegedly watched porn at his desk, and the beat writer for Mavs.com, Earl K. Sneed, who was accused of domestic assault twice, once by a Mavs colleague. During the 2010-11 season, Sneed was involved in a domestic dispute, in which a police report said that Sneed sat on his girlfriend and slapped her. Two months later, he was arrested at the Mavericks offices for assault. Still employed with the Mavs, he later went on to date a fellow employee, who multiple sources claim Sneed hit during a domestic dispute at some point in 2014. The woman later came into work with a badly-swollen face. Sneed was only terminated yesterday, with the Mavericks issuing an evasive statement:

“In a separate matter, we have also learned that an employee misled the organization about a prior domestic violence incident. This employee was not candid about the situation and has been terminated.”

In a statement to the Dallas Morning News, Sneed claimed that the language used in the report was “inaccurate,” but conceded that “the two relationships described in the report are not something I am proud to have been a part of.”

The self-proclaimed “hands-on” Cuban now finds himself at the center of a workplace environment he says he had no idea existed. In a statement to SI, Cuban outright denied any prior knowledge of this toxic culture.

“The only awareness I have is because I heard you guys were looking into some things…. Based off of what I’ve read here, we just fired our HR person. I don’t have any tolerance for what I’ve read.”

Cuban also said that he had been vigilant in checking with his HR department about potential issues, especially since the #MeToo movement has become such a significant part of the national dialogue. Yet also in the SI piece, one source claimed that Cuban certainly knew of the organization’s rampant misogyny:

“Trust me, Mark knows everything that goes on,” says one longtime former Mavericks employee. “Of course Mark knew [about the instances of harassment and assault]. Everyone knew.”

While the front office was a horrorscape of misogyny and sexual harassment, apparently the actual locker room itself was something of a refuge for female employees. On former senior staffer told SI that her most anxious moments came at her desk among her colleagues, not when she was interacting with players.

“I dealt with players all the time. I had hundreds of interactions with players and never once had an issue…they always knew how to treat people. Then I’d go to the office and it was this zoo, this complete shitshow. My anxiety would go down dealing with players; it would go up when I got to my desk.”

In a statement on the team website, the Mavericks said they had hired outside counsel to perform an independent investigation into the the specific allegations, as well as the general workplace environment. The NBA may also investigate, and could possibly discipline the team in various ways including, fines, suspensions, and the forfeiture of draft picks.

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