Dr. Hillary Cauthen, a former consulting psychologist for the Spurs, has settled her lawsuit against the team and Joshua Primo, according to TMZ Sports.
Cauthen’s attorney, Tony Buzbee, confirmed TMZ’s report to Tom Orsborn of The San Antonio Express-News.
“The parties have agreed to resolve this matter,” Buzbee said in a text to the Express-News.
The Spurs unexpectedly waived Primo a few weeks ago, and word broke shortly thereafter that he had been accused of exposing himself to multiple women, including a former Spurs employee.
That employee, Cauthen, became the first accuser to go public, alleging that Primo exposed himself to her on nine separate occasions and that the Spurs did nothing about it after she informed team management. The lawsuit stated the earliest incident occurred during a counseling session with Primo in December 2021.
Primo remains a free agent after going unclaimed on waivers.
While CEO RC Buford and longtime head coach Gregg Popovich initially defended the Spurs in the wake of the lawsuit, Buford released a statement on Thursday after the news of the settlement broke saying the team plans to work with Cauthen to improve the organization going forward (Twitter link via Orsborn):
“The situation regarding Joshua Primo is a matter we take seriously. Since learning of the allegations, we have taken, and are taking, measures to ensure that all parties involved are treated with dignity and respect. We know we owe that to Dr. Cauthen, our players, our staff and our community.
“As an organization, we are continuously evaluating and refining our processes so they ultimately reflect the values and culture of who we aspire to be every day. To that end, we have decided to collaborate with Dr. Cauthen and other experts to review and improve our workplace processes and procedures.
“This is a learning opportunity for us, and one that we are certain will make us better moving forward.”
Primo be itching to get back in his gym shorts!!
Wouldn’t have been an issue if he stayed in them
I thought he stayed in them, but was just hanging brain?
Isn’t Buzbee the same attorney in the Watson case?
Yep. Same guy. .
Spurs can move on, now who is gonna hire Primo? I would be very surprised if an NBA club picked him up just because a civil lawsuit settled. He is tainted. Don’t think the Russian’s, Euro’s, China’s, or Aussies will hire him either when he could randomly expose himself uncontrollably.
Too bad he’s not in the NFL. The Browns, Cowboys, or Raiders would be all over him.
Mentioned this to the wife and she pointed me in The direction of an episode of Friends! Where Phoebe’s new boyfriend wears basketball shorts and no one knows how to tell him his piece is on show on multiple occasions. If he’s seeming the woman after practice it’s bound to happen. Not sure if it’s exposing himself or simple accident someone is blowing out of proportion. Again I could be wrong.
When the news first broke I expected him in a tench coat on a dark street corner.
Sorry but he admitted he has a psychological problem. So, no.
I thought he was acknowledging that he was seeking psychological help from the woman due to “childhood trauma”, and is now planning to find someone to help him going forward as a result of the allegations?
She apparently claimed she never told the kid his goods were on show due to “fear for her life and safety”. Seems a little excessive from the information that has been confirmed. If you’re a therapist you’re in control, especially an experienced therapist in their 40s chatting to a 19 year old kid.
That kid is a lot taller, bigger, and stronger than her. Did you consider that?
It could be both. Like maybe he kinda knows but uses it as an excuse to kinda flash. If it was just a spurious thing the Spurs wouldn’t have waived him and paid him 4 million this year and next guaranteed.
Waiting for when the Spurs have an independent investigation into who knew about Primo’s crimes and when. This wasn’t just a one off. Josh did this multiple times in different places. The team had to know and only released him when this victim got a lawyer and was going public.
At first it was reported multiple victims.