On Sept. 17, 2019, she sat down at her computer and typed out an email to Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban. At the time, she wasn’t sure what she wanted, other than some dignity. But as she reflected on what had happened to her the past summer, the pain and the swirl of anger and confusion hadn’t dulled.
So Sarah—not her real name, which Sports Illustrated has agreed to withhold after deeming her account credible and independently corroborating it when possible—reached out to one of the most powerful figures in sports.
She was writing about what she described as “inappropriate behavior” at the hands of “an Executive from the Dallas Mavericks,” whom she would, in later communications with the team, specify was the director of player personnel, Tony Ronzone.