Sports Illustrated’s Jon Wertheim and Jessica Luther dropped a damning report on the workplace culture of the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday, documenting almost two decades of sexual harassment by former CEO Terdema Ussery and domestic violence accusations against former Mavs.com writer Earl Sneed.

Ussery left the team in 2015 to join Under Armour; he’s already left that company after facing harassment allegations. He joined the Mavericks as CEO in 1997; he had his first allegation of workplace misconduct in 1998. Alleged misconduct happened all along the way. Read the SI story for the details.

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The Dallas Mavericks fostered an environment of rampant sexual misconduct and predatory behavior for more than a decade, a Sports Illustrated story published Thursday alleges.

The article says that former Mavericks CEO Terdema Ussery frequently requested sex and made sexually explicit advances to employees over the 18 years that he worked there. In 2015, Ussery left to join Under Armour. Less than two months after beginning, Ussery resigned in an “organizational reshuffle.” Sports Illustrated reports that Ussery’s resignation was likely related to sexually inappropriate behavior towards a female employee while the two were alone in an elevator.

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