Suns owner Robert Sarver suspended one year for workplace misconduct

The NBA announced on Tuesday, after an investigation into Robert Sarver’s conduct as owner of the Suns and Mercury, that it is suspending Sarver for one year as owner of both organizations and fining him $10 million.

The league’s investigation found Sarver said the n-word at least five times during his 18-year ownership tenure in Phoenix. Per the NBA investigation, Sarver consistently acted inappropriately towards employees, including numerous “sex-related comments toward female employees.” Sarver also made “inappropriate comments about the physical appearance” of both women who worked for the team and elsewhere, and he also reportedly engaged in “inappropriate physical conduct toward male employees.”

Despite the findings, the league determined that none of Sarver’s behavior was “motivated by racial or gender-based animus.”