DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks submitted a formal response in Dallas County court to former general manager Donnie Nelson’s lawsuit Thursday that alleged owner Mark Cuban fired him in retaliation for reporting Cuban’s chief of staff sexually harassed and sexually assaulted Nelson’s nephew during a job interview in 2020.
The organization’s legal response to Nelson’s lawsuit “and its utterly fictitious Petition” accuses Nelson of extortion for up to $100 million against the Mavericks.
In the filing, the Mavericks said: “Nelson demanded that he receive, in effect blackmail payment in exchange for his promises not to expose the sexual orientation of a former Mavericks front-office employee or to assert other claims which he promised would embarrass Defendants and certain individuals, including Mark Cuban.
