The Phoenix Suns have fired an employee who is suing the team for discrimination, harassment and retaliation, ESPN has learned.

The employee, Gene Traylor, who served as the Suns' director of safety, security and risk management and who joined the team in January 2023, was fired on Friday.

"While the organization typically does not comment on internal personnel matters, Mr. Traylor, or his attorney, Sheree Wright, apparently opted to publicize his termination," Stacey Mitch, the Suns' Senior Vice President of Communications, said in a statement to ESPN. "Mr. Traylor was terminated from his position as a security manager because an independent, outside investigation concluded that he violated company policies with respect to confidential information about security operations and he was

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