Sexual Harassment Suit Filed Against Isiah Thomas

by **Malfa** on Wed Jan 25, 2006 3:53 pm

Sexual Harassment Suit Filed Against Thomas And Garden
NY Times - A former high-level Knicks executive filed a lawsuit yesterday accusing Isiah Thomas, the team's president, of sexual harassment and discrimination, saying he had made unwanted advances, cursed her and barred players from working with her on community events.

In a lawsuit filed in federal court in Manhattan, the executive, Anucha Browne Sanders, said that Thomas refused to stop his actions despite her protests and discomfort, and that her immediate supervisor, Steve Mills, the president of Madison Square Garden Sports, did nothing to intercede on her behalf.

Last Thursday, Browne Sanders was fired as the team's senior vice president for marketing and business operations after an in-house investigation by the Garden found her complaint to be "unsupported."

Browne Sanders, 43, said in a telephone interview yesterday that she had found her dream job with the Knicks, whom she joined in 2000. Now, she said: "I'm outraged at the termination. I feel they've destroyed a stellar sports career."

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http://realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/ ... nd_garden/

by **[L3]1101** on Wed Jan 25, 2006 4:32 pm

i guess this is the only way Thomas will get fired.

by **Amphatoast** on Wed Jan 25, 2006 4:45 pm

discrimination..wow..explains why keith van horn life was so short here. I just hate seeing discrimination these days..

but isiah ain't the problem, he did well with what he had.. some questionable moves but there is always that..
its the owner of the knicks is the problem

by **Jing** on Wed Jan 25, 2006 5:41 pm

hm... thomas is a playa :lol:

by **Fitzy** on Wed Jan 25, 2006 6:15 pm

looks like now when i will wear my Thomas jersey with shame

by **Matthew** on Wed Jan 25, 2006 10:20 pm

Yeah lets all assume he's guilty :roll:

, if this was Joe Dumars I bet there'd be a diffeent reaction.

by **BIG GREEN** on Wed Jan 25, 2006 10:43 pm

Another trick tryin to bring a Black man down.

by **Riot** on Wed Jan 25, 2006 10:45 pm

Here we go again...more race. Here is an idea, maybe he is being charged for what he did and not what he looks like?

by **Jugs** on Wed Jan 25, 2006 10:46 pm

Essentially, yes, if he did it, than punish him and if he didn't then don't.

by **BIG GREEN** on Wed Jan 25, 2006 10:47 pm

Never said he's being brought down cause he's black...he just happens to be a black man who's once again being brought down.

by **Fenix** on Wed Jan 25, 2006 11:14 pm

. I personally think Isiah is a jerk and has always been one for his actions both on and off the court. And that doesn't have anything with him being black.

by **Riot** on Thu Jan 26, 2006 6:57 am

Yohance Bailey wrote:Never said he's being brought down cause he's black...he just happens to be a black man who's once again being brought down.

I'm sorry then for misunderstanding your post but from my point of view it certainly sounds like you think he being brought down because of the color of his skin.

by **Jowe** on Thu Jan 26, 2006 8:14 am

Watch Isiah give her a couple of unprotected lottery 1st round draft picks and nate robinson to make this all go away. (Y)

by **Jeffx** on Thu Jan 26, 2006 8:21 am

"What? I can't get any love from you today?"

My favorite quote. I'm going to try it out on the ladies.

by **cyanide** on Thu Jan 26, 2006 8:33 am

Yohance Bailey wrote:Another trick tryin to bring a Black man down.

It does sound like you're making reference to him being brought down because he's black. You could've said "Isiah Thomas" instead of "a Black man"

Bluesky · by **Andrew** on Thu Jan 26, 2006 1:30 pm

You know, they say any publicity is good publicity. Whoever "they" are, I disagree with them.

by **Matthew** on Thu Jan 26, 2006 9:34 pm

Mark Cuban said that.

lol @Jefx and Jowe in this thread. But lets not assume Zeke is guilty just becuase of the mess the knicks are in..

by **Malfa** on Fri Jan 27, 2006 12:41 am

Well he does deny it... :roll:

by **Mazzocchi** on Fri Jan 27, 2006 4:39 am

I hate all this Sexual Harassment/Rape bullshit going on in the NBA (actually just the world period)

All women want is money.

by **[L3]1101** on Fri Jan 27, 2006 6:49 am

Mazzlowcchi™ wrote:I hate all this Sexual Harassment/Rape bullshit going on in the NBA (actually just the world period)

All women want is money.

So you don't think women get raped ? You think women get raped is a myth?
You think if they get raped, they shouldn't tell the police? You don't think they should get some sort of compensation for a life time trauma?

by **cyanide** on Fri Jan 27, 2006 6:55 am

A big issue is that women keep the trauma to themselves out of shame or fear, and don't tell anybody, at least for not several years. It's terrible what they have to go through.

by **Matthew** on Fri Jan 27, 2006 7:16 am

So you don't think women get raped ? You think women get raped is a myth?
You think if they get raped, they shouldn't tell the police? You don't think they should get some sort of compensation for a life time trauma?

Why get worked up about what a lowlife such as Mazzlowchi thinks?

Bluesky · by **Andrew** on Fri Jan 27, 2006 2:36 pm

Matthew wrote:Mark Cuban said that.

He wouldn't have been the first though, that saying's been around for decades.

by **Jowe** on Fri Jan 27, 2006 4:36 pm

Mazzlowcchi™ wrote:All women want is money.

Just because you have to pay women for sex. :roll:

by **Num33Baller** on Sat Jan 28, 2006 9:07 am

The thing about a woman... you can have sex with her that night, piss her off in the morning, and she can run to the cops screaming Rape.

Same if she doesn't like you, she can just say you looked at her tits or her tight jeans.

Sexual Harassment. Lost your job. Now you have a criminal record and a lawsuit on your hands.

Sexual Harassment Suit Filed Against Isiah Thomas

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