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| Monta Ellis |
In the lawsuit, which also mentions the club as a defendant, Erika Ross Smith alleges that Ellis began to send dozens of messages with sexually explicit content, even several times a day from November 2010 until January, while she worked for the Department of community relations team.
The messages include phrases like "I Want You" and "Hey, sexy!" And periodically asked what was or how she dressed, according to demand.
Smith would reply: "What do you want?" or "I'm sleeping," the lawsuit said.
"At some level, my client has endured harassment, has suffered and continues to suffer emotional harm and trauma," said the woman's attorney, Burt Boltuch at a news conference at his office in Oakland. "In a higher level, such behavior must cease, particularly in the sport."
"She was embarrassed and intimidated. She felt frightened and helpless."
The Warriors denied the accusations. Smith noted that Ellis had a "voluntary".
At a rally for charity in the nearby town of Alameda, Ellis said only that the club has already responded to the allegations.
"It's a legal matter and let it run its course," said Ellis KTVU-TV channel. "You know, this can happen."
Boltuch said his advances represented Ellis rejected and feared that nobody would believe.
"I was treated unfairly. They let me leave," Smith said at the press conference. "It was not my fault that I have left the job."
Boltuch also showed a photo that allegedly shows Ellis's genitals and that the base would have been sent to the cell that provided the Warriors, the December 17, 2010, a day after the player complained to the team on performance of women at work.
When asked if Ellis sent the photo, Boltuch said, "we know came from him."
