Jury Awards $11.6 Million to Former Knicks Executive
Isiah Thomas outside federal court in Manhattan after the verdict. Credit... John Marshall Mantel/Associated Press https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/02/sports/basketball/03garden-cnd.html#:~:text=A%20jury%20ruled%20today%20that,complaining%20about%20the%20unwanted%20advances. By Michael S. Schmidt and Maria Newman Oct. 2, 2007 A jury ruled today that Isiah Thomas, the coach of the New York Knicks, sexually harassed a former team executive and that Madison Square Garden, the owner of the team, improperly fired her for complaining about the unwanted advances. The jury, in Federal District Court in Manhattan, also ruled that the former executive, Anucha Browne Sanders, is entitled to $11.6 million in punitive damages from the Garden and James L. Dolan, the chairman of Cablevision, the parent company of the Garden and the Knicks. Of that figure, $ 6 million was awarded because of the hostile work environment Mr. Thomas was found to have created, and $5.6 million because Ms. Browne Sanders w