When a Sports Illustrated report last month detailed a corrosive workplace culture within the Mavericks’ organization, the general consensus was that owner Mark Cuban was partially to blame for not recognizing the issues and moving to address them earlier. However, Cuban himself was not named as an alleged perpetrator of sexual misconduct in SI’s feature.
According to a new report from Nigel Jaquiss of Willamette Week though, Cuban was the subject of a sexual assault investigation back in 2011 — a woman claimed that the Mavs owner “thrust his hand down the back of her jeans and penetrated her vagina with his finger” while they were taking a photo together at a Portland nightclub. The local District Attorney’s office ultimately determined at the time that there was “insufficient evidence to press criminal charges.” For his part, Cuban denies that the incident ever happened, according to a Dallas Morning News report.
Despite Cuban’s denials and the lack of charges filed in 2011, the woman who went to police to report the incident maintains that her account was accurate and that she stands by it “one thousand percent.” The case is unlikely to be reopened years later, but the report itself is another black mark for Cuban and the Mavericks, who have seen their reputations called into question in recent weeks.
Here’s more on the Mavs:
- Tim Cowlishaw of The Dallas Morning News examines what the unearthed 2011 allegation means for Cuban.
- While Nerlens Noel still may not have a long-term future in Dallas, he showed on Tuesday why the team traded for him in the first place, writes Brad Townsend of The Dallas Morning News. “Nerlens is doing better and better,” head coach Rick Carlisle said after Noel’s 14-rebound performance. “He’s simplifying things out there. It’s pretty clear he’s getting some rhythm back and he’s getting some familiarity with the guys he’s playing with.”
- In a separate article for The Dallas Morning News, Townsend suggests the odds of Noel, Dwight Powell, or Salah Mejri turning into the Mavs’ center of the future are slim. However, Townsend thinks there’s a good chance that at least two of them will be on the roster next season.
- On Tuesday, we passed along details on the new advertisement patch the Mavs will wear on their uniforms.
Wouldn’t there be a… photo?
From the Willamette Week report:
“The woman submitted seven cellphone images to police as evidence. (WW requested copies of the photos with the woman’s face obscured to protect her identity. The bureau withheld the photos, citing the personal privacy exemption of the state public records law.)”
I flipping knew it: Cuban condoned his team’s misbehavior because he does it himself. What a scumbag.
I mean why post an article if you’re just gonna delete comments discussing it.
Seems like that move by Cuban would just turn crappy if she made any kind of move to evade. Of course she should not have to do that.