Responding Tuesday to a Sports Illustrated story alleging a “corrosive” workplace culture within his NBA team, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said he was “embarrassed” and vowed to “fix” the “problem.” The lengthy story recounted numerous alleged instances of sexual harassment and abuse, as well as apparent indifference to them, by staffers and highly placed executives with the team.
Based on claims made by former and current Mavericks employees, many of whom were women who requested not to be identified, plus events already on the record, SI’s story painted, as the magazine put it, “a picture of a corporate culture rife with misogyny and predatory sexual behavior.