Bombshell Lawsuit Accuses Phoenix Suns CEO Of Affair With WNBA Star Sophie Cunningham Months Before Blockbuster Trade - News

Bombshell Lawsuit Accuses Phoenix Suns CEO Of Affa...

Bombshell Lawsuit Accuses Phoenix Suns CEO Of Affair With WNBA Star Sophie Cunningham Months Before Blockbuster Trade

Sophie Cunningham posing in jerseySophie Cunningham (Grace Smith/IndyStar-USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)
The 2025 WNBA season has started off with a bang, with Sophie Cunningham securing major headlines for all the wrong reasons. The Indiana Fever star is playing for a new team this year, but she has something from her past coming up in a damning new lawsuit.

The Phoenix Suns are now tied into a mirage of lawsuits that paint a harrowing picture of workplace dysfunction, racial discrimination, and sexual scandal.

A shocking new lawsuit is accusing Suns CEO Josh Bartelstein of an improper sexual relationship with former Phoenix Mercury star Sophie Cunningham as part of a broader claim of racial discrimination and retaliatory demotion.

The federal complaint filed by Gene Traylor, the Suns’ former director of safety, security, and risk management, recalls a disturbing conversation with Suns executive Dan Craig, in which Craig allegedly told others that Bartelstein was romantically involved with Cunningham.

Bartelstein pressed Traylor for details and quoted the following:

“Josh Bartelstein is f**ing Sophie Cunningham,” according to court documents obtained and reported by Front Office Sports.

 

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