DALLAS — Former president of basketball operations and general manager Donnie Nelson sued the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday, alleging that owner Mark Cuban fired him in retaliation for reporting a “high-level Mavericks executive sexually harassed and sexually assaulted a job applicant” and warning that team employees and players were at risk.
The lawsuit says Cuban’s chief of staff, Jason Lutin, sexually harassed and sexually assaulted Nelson’s nephew during a job interview in February 2020 and that Cuban offered Nelson $52 million to withdraw his claim of wrongful termination and to sign a confidentiality agreement.
Nelson filed the lawsuit in Dallas County court. ESPN was first to report the news.
