• Sarver, on at least five occasions during his tenure with the Suns/Mercury organization, repeated the N-word when recounting the statements of others.
• Sarver used language and engaged in conduct demeaning of female
employees. Among other examples, he told a pregnant employee that she
would be unable to do her job upon becoming a mother; berated a female
employee in front of others and then commented that women cry too much;
and arranged an all-female lunch so that female employees at Western
Alliance Bank, where at the time he was CEO, could explain to female
Suns employees how to handle his demands.
• Sarver commented and made jokes frequently to employees in large and
small settings about sex and sex-related anatomy, including by making
crude or otherwise inappropriate comments about the physical appearance
and bodies of female employees and other women. On four occasions,
Sarver engaged in workplace-inappropriate physical conduct toward male
employees.
• Over 50 current and former employees reported that Sarver frequently
engaged in demeaning and harsh treatment of employees—including by
yelling and cursing at them—that on occasion constituted bullying under
workplace standards.