A discrimination lawsuit against the Phoenix Suns by a former team security employee was voluntarily dismissed Thursday with prejudice, meaning it cannot be filed again.
There was no settlement, according to the Suns.
The lawsuit was filed in May 2025 in U.S. District Court in Arizona by attorneys representing Gene Traylor, the Suns' former director of safety, security and risk management. Traylor, who joined the team in January 2023, cited allegations of discrimination, harassment and retaliation.
"As we have maintained from day one, Mr. Traylor's claims were based on lies and entirely without merit," a Suns spokesperson said in a statement to ESPN on Friday. "There was no settlement and there will be no payment to Mr. Traylor. Instead, he has now abandoned these baseless claims, dismissing them and waiving any ability to reassert them."
In a joint statement to ESPN, Traylor's attorneys Cortney Walters, Chloe Woods and Sherree Wright said, "We are bound by a confidentiality agreement with plaintiff and cannot disclose the outcome of the case or the specific terms surrounding the stipulation. What I can say is that both parties agreed to the stipulation because it was appropriate under the circumstances.