Suns deny ‘incorrect and ethically remiss’ claim from claim that

The Phoenix Suns released a scathing rejection on Tuesday in reaction to a claim that CEO Josh Bartelstein had an affair with previous Mercury player Sophie Cunningham.The Suns issued the denial in a statement from communications executive Stacey Mitch in response to a suit filed by previous Suns security director Gene Traylor.

Phoenix Suns and Mercury CEO Josh Bartelstein, seen here wearing gray. (Chris Coduto/Getty Images) (Chris Coduto by means of Getty Images)”The recent reports concerning Josh Bartelstein and Sophie Cunningham are entirely false and morally guilty,” the declaration checks out. “Let’s definitely be clear about the origins of these claims.”

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Traylor, a present worker of the Suns, took legal action against the team recently, declaring discrimination, harassment and retaliation. ESPN initially reported the claim. The claim of an affair in between Bartelstein and Cunningham is discussed in passing however is not the focus of the lawsuit.In the lawsuit, Traylor claims that the Suns demoted him from his function as director of security, security and threat management after he gave a discussion to management highlighting duplicated supposed security lapses around the Suns and Mercury. Per the suit, those lapses included failing security tests in which plainclothes police officers were able go into the teams ‘PHX Arena with guns and knives.What the suit claims about Bartelstein, Cunningham Per Front Workplace Sports, the claim declares that the Suns worked with vice president of security and risk management

Cornelius Craig to eliminate Traylor.Advertisement The suit implicates Craig of unpredictable behavior and cites a conference in between Traylor and Bartelstein in which Traylor apparently informed Bartelstein

that Craig had actually been telling others that”Josh Bartelstein is f *** ing Sophie Cunningham. “That declaration is the source of public claims that Bartelstein and Cunningham had an affair.Cunningham played 6 seasons with the Suns from 2019 to 2024. The Suns traded Cunningham in the offseason to the Indiana Fever. Bartelstein is married and was Cunningham’s professional exceptional as the CEO of both the Suns and Mercury.Neither has

straight dealt with the claim in public since it was released last week. Cunningham has been sidelined with an ankle injury considering that the start of the WNBA season and was ruled out for Tuesday’s Fever game versus the Atlanta Dream.Advertisement Tuesday’s statement from the Suns follows up previous declarations attacking the claim and attorney Sheree Wright. Wright is an attorney for the complainants in 4 lawsuits that have been submitted against the Suns considering that November by current and previous employees.The Suns have actually consistently accused Wright

of”attempting to extort

“the franchise and called the allegations in the fit filed by Traylor” delusional “in a previous declaration from Mitch. “Ms. Wright and her customer have actually made unreasonable allegations of misbehavior surrounding the security department of the Phoenix Suns,”Mitch’s statement reads.

“These accusations are delusional and categorically false.” Wright released a statement to Front Workplace Sports in action to Wright’s statements.” I’m not thinking about litigating this in

the media,”her declaration reads.” I will react in court– where proof, not headings, chooses the result.”Tuesday’s statement from Mitch implicates Wright of continuing to “insert salacious lies and fabrications into her complaints.”