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ESPN took an unusual step Thursday night in publishing between "SportsCenter" anchor John Buccigro s and former anchor candidate Adrienne Lawrence, who is pursuing a hara Tanner Muse Jerseys sment action against the network.
The network said it released the texts to show Buccigro s and Lawrence had developed a consensual friendship and that no hara sment took place, contrary to what Lawrence is claiming. Lawrence's case is covered by The Boston Globe in an article that also.
Buccigro s told the Globe he "considered Adrienne to be a friend" and that he was sorry Seattle Seahawks T Shirts "if anything I did or said offended Adrienne. It certainly wasnt my intent.
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Buccigro s did confirm one part of Lawrence's story: that he sent her photos of him shirtle s. He said Lawrence texted him about po sibly getting together after she received the first photo. He also said he and Lawrence regularly exchanged texts and discu sed profe sional and personal John Mitchell Jerseys i sues over a period of several months.
Lawrence came to ESPN in 2015 under a two-year racial diversity fellowship program. The network decided not to hire her full time after she completed the fellowship this year. Lawrence said the decision was part of the network's retaliation against her for going to supervisors with claims of hara sment. She also said she pushed back against rumors she and Buccigro L.J. Collier Jerseys s, 51,were in a relationship.
Lawrence filed an action with the Connecticut Commi sion on Human Rights and Opportunities in August, the Globe reported. The case is on track to become a federal lawsuit after the commi sion granted Lawrence's request to release the case.Lawrence was an attorney before joining ESPN.
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ESPN that it investigated Lawrence's claims and found them to be "entirely without merit."
The Globe article was the third major story around the network Russell Wilson Jerseys this week.
On Wednesday, management called an all-hands meeting to about political or other non-sports matters. One exception would be if a politician such as President Donald Trump became part of an actual sports story.
On Thursday, ESPN's parent company, Disney,of 21st Century Fox, including more than 20 of Fox's regional sports networks, for a reported $52.4 billion.
Last month, the network went Tre Flowers Jerseys through with a third round of layoffs, this time, to cut $80 million in costs. About 100 people, many of them on-air talent, were let go in spring 2017, and more than 300 employees, many of them longtime staffers, were laid off in 2015.
