Sophie Cunningham joined the Phoenix Suns to condemn the lawsuit in the application that CEO Josh Bartelstein had a connection with the former Mercury player.
The Suns on Tuesday announced in its Communications executive power Mitch report, responding to a lawsuit filed with the former Suns Security Director Gene.
“The latest reports of Josh Bartelstein and Sophie Cunningham are completely false and morally condemned,” the report states. “It is quite clear about the origin of these statements.”
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On Wednesday, Cunningham issued a separate statement on social media condemning “indirect and extremely painful” statements made by someone “I don’t know and have never met”.
“I am very sad about the recent false accusations that I have Gene Traylor, something I have not known and never met,” Cunningham said in a statement. “Let me clearly say that his statements are indestructible and extremely painful. …
“I will not allow the truth of the truth to take attention to what is most important to me, it is basketball, my supportive team and my fans.”
The current SUNS employee, Traylor, filed a lawsuit last week by claiming discrimination, harassment and revenge. ESPN first reported the claim. The statement of Barteltein and Cunningham is mentioned by passing, but this is not the focus of the claim.
In the court’s lawsuit, Trylor states that the Suns had removed it from its role in the role of the director of security, security and risk management after he introduced the leadership, emphasizing the re -alleged security around the Suns and Mercury. According to the lawsuits, these defects included unsuccessful security tests in which PlainClothes law enforcement officers could enter the team’s Phx Arena with weapons and knives.
One day after the Suns condemned the claim, Sophie Cunningham announced its denial. (Christian Petersen/Getty images)
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For the Front Office sport, the lawsuit states that the Suns hired Cornelis Craig, Vice President of Security and Risk Management, to get rid of Traylor.
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The court’s lawsuit accuses Craiga for misconduct and quoted a meeting between Trylor and Barteltein, where Traylor said to Barteltein that Craig told others that “Josh Bartelstein was Sophie Cunningham.”
This statement is a source of public statements that Bartelstein and Cunningham had a novel.
Cunningham played six seasons with Mercury from 2019 to 2024. Mercury traded cunningham off -season to Indiana fever. Barteltein is married and was professional by Cunningham professionals as CEO of Suns and Mercury.
Ever since it was announced last week, Barteltein personally ignored the claim in public.
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On Tuesday, The Suns’ statement submits earlier statements that attack the claim and lawyer Sherure Wright. Wright is the plaintiffs’ lawyer of four claims, which since November. Submitted Suns since November. Current and former employees.
The Suns have repeatedly accused Wright by trying to stretch the franchise and named the allegations in a lawsuit, which Traylor filed in a “deceptive” previous Mitch report.
“Mrs. Wright and her client have filed absurd accusations of misconduct with the Phoenix Suns Security Department,” Mich’s report said. “These allegations are fraudulent and categorically false.”
Wright issued a statement from Front Office Sports in response to Mich’s statements.
“I’m not interested in litigating this in the media,” her report said. “I will answer in court – where the evidence, not the headlines, decides the result.”
On Tuesday Mich, a statement blames Wright and continues to “insert into his complaints” into his complaints.