Gene Traylor, A current PHOENIX SUNS employee He sued the team in the United States District Court in Arizona last Tuesday, Presented accusations for discrimination, harassment and reprisalsaccording to a copy of the complaint obtained by ESPN.
The demand It is the fourth presented against the Suns by a current member or former member of the organization in the last seven months. The last one was presented by lawyers representing Gene Traylor, Director of Safety and Risk Management of the Suns, who joined the franchise in January 2023.
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In this complaint, Traylor states that One of its main functions was to identify safety, financial and reputation risks for the Suns. EN 2023, TRAYLOR presented a report to the team managementto which ESPN had access, which described specific incidents.
Denounced three serious incidents
Specifically, these three were inclined: in March 2023, he discovered that An anonymous part -time employee had stolen more than $ 40,000 in shoes, merchandising and clothing during your job.
In April 2023, A “discontent subject” interrupted a photo shoot of the Suns With team executives, including the president of the team, Josh Bartelstein.
And in June 2023, A political influencer “harassed” the former Phoenix Mercury player, Brittney Griner, At Fort Worth airport (Dallas), delaying a team flight three and a half.
Reprisals of the franchise against him
Traylor alleges that After informing the management of the franchise of these three incidents the directive of the Suns took reprisals against himincluding the fact of being degraded Almost a year later. And also alleges that The club dissuade him to take a paid leave after being diagnosed with cancer.
