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A sports activities psychologist, who was beneath contract with the NBA’s San Antonio Spurs, has filed a civil lawsuit towards the group and 19-year-old former Spurs player Joshua Primo.
The psychologist alleges the participant uncovered himself to her throughout remedy periods and claimed the group’s management did not act regardless of her “quite a few complaints about Primo’s improper sexual conduct,” in accordance with a court docket submitting.
Primo has denied the allegations.
The lawsuit claims that Primo first uncovered his genitals to Dr. Hillary Cauthen throughout a person non-public session in December 2021, that the exposures continued to occurred, rising “progressively extra excessive,” and that Primo’s conduct “went unchecked by the group’s management for a lot of months,” even after Cauthen reported it.
The Spurs authorized group then informed Cauthen, a licensed, credentialed scientific psychologist, that the group “had misplaced belief in her,” Cauthen’s legal professional, Tony Buzbee, stated throughout a press convention Thursday.
When her contract got here up for renewal in August, they selected to not renew it, in accordance with the petition filed in Bexar County District Courtroom on Thursday.
“Primo’s conduct is clearly properly exterior the bounds of what’s regular or is appropriate. His conduct shocks the conscience,” Buzbee stated.
“I’d additionally say that the Spurs conduct and the best way they dealt with this matter was egregious and completely unreasonable.”
Primo was lately launched from the group on October 28. Spurs Sports activities & Leisure CEO RC Buford stated the roster transfer would “serve the very best curiosity of each the group and Joshua” in a press release whereas not offering any particular particulars on the choice.
Attorneys for the participant have launched a press release, saying “Josh Primo is initially of a promising profession and has been devastated by these false allegations and launch by the Spurs.”
His attorneys name Cauthen’s accusations “both a whole fabrication, a gross embellishment or utter fantasy.”
“Josh Primo is a 19-year-old NBA participant who has suffered a lifetime of trauma and challenges.
“He’s now being victimized by his former group appointed sports activities psychologist, who’s enjoying to ugly stereotypes and racially charged fears for her personal monetary profit,” their assertion stated.
Buzbee stated his workplace has been in touch with Bexar County officers and he plans to additionally file a prison criticism for a number of counts of indecent publicity towards Primo.
“We anticipate the correct authorities to prosecute,” he stated throughout Thursday’s press convention.
CNN has reached out to the Spurs group and the NBA for remark.
