Finally, some new revelations are coming forth on the potentially legendary Isiah Thomas sexual harassment case.
If you recall, a former Knicks employee says Zeke was saying he loved her and also was trying to do the sex with her. She claims she was fired for complaining about that and other sexual harrassing type stuff going on at Madison Square Garden. (Our original write-up is here.)
Well, some sort of independent committee who reviews stuff like this took a look at all the evidence and says there’s merit to the claim. It doesn’t mean Isiah is guilty, but it doesn’t exactly look good for him.
“A neutral agency of the federal government has looked at this charge, looked at the evidence, and has ruled that there is probable cause that our client’s claims are correct,” said Peter Mintzer, one of Browne Sanders’ attorneys. “I think that speaks for itself.”
Thomas’ attorneys, Sue Ellen Eisenberg and Peter Parcher, said in a statement that the EEOC “did not conduct a full hearing of the facts.
“In a court of law, Isiah Thomas will be given an opportunity to face his accuser, cross examine all witnesses, and present evidence to demonstrate the allegations are without merit,” Thomas’ attorneys said.
As you can imagine, we’ve already sadly confronted the reality that it won’t actually be Zeke himself doing the cross-examination. We allowed ourself to imagine such a scenario for a brief moment, but frankly it was too much to comprehend.
We want to thank kind reader Peter for pointing out that once again, Madison Square Garden itself is standing up and speaking in the face of this, and won’t allow its status as a prominent NYC building be diminished by this case.
The Garden responded in a statement, first repeating its earlier characterization of Browne Sanders as an angry former employee and saying that her suit was financially motivated.
“We obviously disagree with the E.E.O.C.’s determination,” the statement said, “though it is not an uncommon outcome for this type of preliminary administrative review.”
Also not uncommon are a couple other realities. One, that this thing is wide open for an out of court settlement right now, and that it’s also the likely outcome, meaning no “Isiah in court” stories to carry the Knicks coverage this season.
The other reality is that 3 times in 2 posts today, we’ve referenced our own posts from over six months ago. (The Felton post was a year ago.) That says we have an astounding memory, we’re becoming repetitive, or both. If that’s the case, it’s time to make a major change, perhaps to the All-New All-New YAYsports! NBA.
(BTW only Isiah could have a lawyer named Peter Parcher. (Yeah, know Spider-Man is Peter Parker – we’re struggling. Cut us slack.)
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I think Peter Parcher is Venom. Played by Topher Grace.
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