Ex-Mavs employee Weishaupt: Cuban responsible for hostile work culture

One of the women who spoke anonymously to Sports Illustrated about the reported mishandling of years of sexual misconduct in the Dallas Mavericks organization has gone on the record.

Melissa Weishaupt, a former Mavericks employee who worked in the marketing and game ops departments between 2010 and 2014, called out team owner Mark Cuban for fostering a negative work environment for women, despite him claiming he was unaware of years of complaints.

"Sorry, it doesn't work that way. You own 100 percent of the team, Mark. The buck stops with you," Weishaupt wrote Tuesday on Sports Illustrated. "When I worked on the Mavs' business side, all marketing, promotional, and broadcasting decisions went through you. Nothing was decided without your approval.

"I am using my name because I am convinced that Cuban still doesn't recognize the culture he's helped create or the plight of the women who still work for him. From where I sit, Mark's response was to rush in like some white knight in a T-shirt and jeans and yell, 'Don't worry, ladies of the Mavs, I will help you with paid counseling and a hotline you can call!'"

In February, multiple women told Sports Illustrated they were sexually harassed by former Mavericks CEO Terdema Ussery. Some of the complaints dated back to 1998.

Though the team reportedly investigated Ussery, he kept his job even after Cuban bought the team in 2000, serving as CEO until 2015, when he voluntarily left the organization.

Cuban was himself recently linked to a sexual assault scandal after a woman told police he sexually assaulted her in a Portland bar in 2011 while the two took a photo. He denied assaulting the woman, though the NBA later announced it would launch an investigation.