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SETTLEMENT REACHED IN KNICKS HARASSMENT CASE: Anucha Browne Sanders agrees to $100,000 less than $11.5 million judgment.
*Anucha Browne Sanders – the former New York Knicks exec who won $11.6 million in a sexual harassment lawsuit against the team's coach Isiah Thomas and owners of Madison Square Garden – has agreed to settle the matter for $100,000 less, reports the Associated Press.
The deal came as Browne Sanders prepared to return to U.S. District Court in Manhattan this week for the compensatory damages phase of her civil trial. She will now receive $11.5 million in punitive damages, per her settlement agreement with Thomas and MSG.
Browne Sanders said she was "extremely pleased" to have settled. "The jury's verdict in this case sent a powerful and enduring message that harassment and retaliation at Madison Square Garden will not be tolerated," she said in a statement. "It has been a long journey, but I believe that justice has been done."
MSG said: "We don't feel any less strongly than we did throughout the entire episode. The outcome was a travesty of justice, and we vehemently disagree with the jury's decision, however, at the strong request of (the NBA commissioner) and in the interest of focusing on basketball, we can all agree that it is time for us to move on and put this issue behind us."
Thomas added: "As I have said before, I am completely innocent. This decision doesn't change that. However, this is the best course for Madison Square Garden, and I fully support it."
Besides the $9.6 million sought by Browne Sanders in compensatory damages, the Knicks had been facing the possibility they might be ordered to pay what was likely to be millions of dollars in legal fees. By settling, the Knicks avoid that, while Brown Sanders gets her money faster and avoids the possibility of having her award reduced on appeal.
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