Judge orders NBA to explain why depositions in security director lawsuit should remain under seal
New York State Supreme Court Justice Milton A. Tingling ordered lawyers for the NBA to appear in his court on Jan. 21 to explain why the documents should not be made public.
Warren Glover, an NBA security director for 10 years, sued the NBA for lost wages and damages in 2011, claiming he was dismissed from his job because he repeatedly warned league executives that women in his office were being sexually harassed or discriminated against.
The NBA has said the complaint is without merit and has denied Glover’s allegations.
Glover’s lawsuit says he was passed over for promotions because he reported sexual harassment and discrimination to his superiors. The suit says two women complained that an NBA security officials made offensive remarks to them, displayed pornography on his computer screen and harassed them.
The suit also says Glover’s administrative assistant, Annette Smith, resigned after being asked to assemble a training slideshow demonstrating a code of conduct for NBA recruits. The slide show included an image of an obese woman in bed on top of a skinny man that was captioned “reasons not to get drunk.”
When Smith complained, Glover says, his supervisor said “If she doesn’t like it, she can quit. One monkey don’t stop no show.”
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