NBA: Mark Cuban didn't pay enough attention to Mavs' business culture

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban will donate $10 million to women's organizations but he will not face any other punishment stemming from what NBA commissioner Adam Silver called "disturbing and heartbreaking" allegations of harassment and violence toward female employees within the organization, the league announced Wednesday. The NBA launched an investigation seven months ago following a  Sports Illustrated report in March which described a culture of misogyny and predatory sexual behavior that spanned decades in the Mavericks' organization, including numerous allegations against former CEO and president Terdema Ussery, who left the Mavs in 2015. On Wednesday, the NBA responded to findings from an outside law firm that spoke to 215 current and former Mavericks employees and examined more than 1.6 million documents, emails and text messages. "The findings of the independent investigation are disturbing and heartbreaking and no employee in the NBA, or...

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