The Phoenix Suns are facing allegations of discrimination and harassment after a current employee’s lawsuit following alleged security breaches.
Gene Traylor, the organization’s director of safety, security, and risk management, claims in his lawsuit that the team demoted him following a presentation regarding potential safety concerns surrounding the Sun and Mercury of the WNBA.
One instance the lawsuit included was when two plainclothes officers were able to bring a knife into a game on Dec. 17, 2023, in a test run by the Phoenix Police Department’s Homeland Defense Bureau. Nearly a year later, in a similar test, two handguns and a knife made their way through security.
The suit also alleges that the Suns failed an audit by the NBA.
The Suns said the allegations are