Mets re-hired ‘creep’ exec despite numerous complaints from female employees

The Mets’ workplace environment is under further scrutiny with a new report published on Friday by The Athletic, which details additional accounts of inappropriate behavior that was ignored by team management and the HR department.

The alleged behavior prompted new majority owner Steve Cohen to hire a law firm back in March to conduct an external review that will focus on “sexual harassment, misconduct and discrimination issues,” which many current and former employees told The Athletic is “long overdue.”   Seven employees, both male and female, told the website that the Mets’ chief marketing, content and communication officer David Newman made inappropriate comments to female employees during his first stint with the team from 2005 to 2018 – including an instance that resulted in a woman suing the team for discrimination based on a her pregnancy.