Former Phoenix Suns employees who had signed nondisclosure agreements have begun scheduling and participating in interviews with the lawyers leading the NBA's investigation into the team, multiple former employees said.
Over the past week, the lawyers informed the former employees that they would be released from the agreements in order to speak freely for the investigation, the former employees said. Those who signed NDAs will not be fully released moving forward, the former employees said, and are being released only for the purposes of participating in the league's investigation.
Some who signed NDAs have already met with the lawyers while others have interviews scheduled in the days ahead, current and former employees said.
The NBA launched its investigation, using the law firm Wachtell Lipton, in early November after ESPN published a report that included allegations of racism and misogyny in a sometimes hostile and toxic workplace during majority owner Robert Sarver's 17-year tenure in Phoenix.
The lawyers leading the investigation met with several current employees this week at an off-site location. Some of the interviews lasted upward of an hour.
Before their interviews, current and former employees told ESPN they had prepared extensive notes about allegations they wanted to share, dates of incidents and names of other witnesses to specific accounts. Some provided lists of current and former employees, along with their contact information, who could corroborate...
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