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Billionaire entrepreneurMark Cubanwill donate $10 million to groups that support domestic abuse survivors and help place women into leadership roles as an investigation found multiple Dallas Mavericks employees engaged in sexual harassment of female staffers for years.
Ussery left the organization in 2015 and had not been replaceduntil Cuban namedformer AT&T executiveCynthia Marshallas CEO just days afterSI’sarticle was published.
The NBA’s independent investigation involved 215 interviews with current and former Mavs employees and a review of millions of documents.
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“The findings of the independent investigation are disturbing and heartbreaking and no employee in the NBA, or any workplace for that matter, should be subject to the type of working environment described in the report,” Commissioner Adam Silver said in a statement on theNBA.comwebsite on Wednesday.
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Another employee, a reporter for Mavs.com, was found to have committed two acts of domestic violence. One of the incidents was against another team employee, the league said in their statement.
The NBA said Cuban — who bought the Mavericks in 2000 for $285 million — was never made aware of the hostile work environment within his organization, but held him responsible for what transpired.
“We appreciate that Mark Cuban reacted swiftly, thoroughly and transparently to the allegations first set forth inSports Illustrated– including the immediate hiring of Cynthia Marshall as CEO to effect change,” Silver said. “But as Mark has acknowledged, he is ultimately responsible for the culture and conduct of his employees.”
source: people.com
