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G-Fafif Feb 17 2021 05:26 AM

From the Athletic: In the summer of 2018, three women who worked for or had previously been employed by the Mets spoke with a member of the team's human resources department to complain about the behavior of hitting performance coordinator Ryan Ellis. One woman told The Athletic that she informed Aubrey Wechsler, then the Mets employee relations manager, that Ellis told the woman that “I stare at your ass all the time. If only I could have 15 minutes alone with you.” The woman, who was in her early 20s, says she read those comments to Wechsler from a journal she kept at the time, copies of which she shared with The Athletic. She says Ellis also told her he wanted “to put her up against a wall.” A second woman says she told Wechsler that she and Ellis had a brief sexual relationship in 2017, but that she ended it. For months afterward, she received persistent, unwanted text messages from Ellis that were sexual in nature. The woman, who was in her 30s, says she told Wechsler about those text messages and shared at least one of them with her. A third woman, who was in her 20s and the first to flag Ellis' behavior, says she told her supervisor that Ellis often made sexually suggestive comments to her and other low-level female employees and that he would call her late in the evening and ask if her boyfriend was home. She later spoke with Wechsler and relayed that information again, the woman says. Despite three women alleging inappropriate behavior, it wasn't until last month, in the wake of the Mets' firing of general manager Jared Porter for sexual harassment, that the team quietly parted ways with Ellis, now 42, who had been with the organization since 2006. His termination comes after a season in which he served as the major league hitting coordinator. When asked about Ellis' exit, the Mets said in a statement: “On January 19 of this year, following the termination of Jared Porter, we received new information regarding conduct of the disciplined employee in the 2017-2018 timeframe. We immediately commenced a new investigation and terminated the employee on January 22 for violating company policy and failure to meet the Mets' standards for professionalism and personal conduct.” Asked what had previously been reported to the team about Ellis, the club said: “In July 2018, a complaint regarding inappropriate conduct by a Mets employee was brought to the attention of Mets management at that time. The organization initiated an investigation and, as a result, the employee was disciplined, put into a probationary status, and ordered into counseling. We had not received previous or subsequent complaints about this employee.” The club declined to elaborate on the “new information” it received last month.

Fman99 Feb 17 2021 05:54 AM Re: More Harassment

Cleaning up the last sordid remnants of the Wilporn years.

Lefty Specialist Feb 17 2021 06:03 AM Re: More Harassment

Seems Aubrey Wechsler has some explaining of her own to do.

Benjamin Grimm Feb 17 2021 06:09 AM Re: More Harassment

Different kind of harassment, but I'm reminded of Jeff Wilpon and Leigh Castergine. It's not at all hard to imagine Jeff taking these kinds of complaints lightly.

Benjamin Grimm Feb 17 2021 06:11 AM Re: More Harassment

Lefty Specialist wrote: Seems Aubrey Wechsler has some explaining of her own to do. Yes. She may not necessarily be to blame (it's possible that she didn't get support from above) but her story ought to be heard.

nymr83 Feb 17 2021 06:23 AM Re: More Harassment

=Fman99 post_id=56253 time=1613566446 user_id=86] Cleaning up the last sordid remnants of the Wilporn years.

My thought exactly. takes time to clean all the trash out.

Centerfield Feb 17 2021 06:34 AM Re: More Harassment

I think a lot hinges on the “new information” they received. If Cohen and company followed up with Wilpon and said “Hey, anything else I should know?” Then good on them. If the information was “wait, this kind of thing gets out? Then maybe we should fire that other guy too”. Then not as great.

Edgy MD Feb 17 2021 07:36 AM Re: More Harassment

I would guess that subsequent followup inquiries were made with his workmates and other flags came up. Otherwise, I imagine, if I'm the lawyer for Ryan Ellis, and the guy had abided by the terms of his disciplining, my client doesn't walk out of there without a settlement, but it's certainly possible he goes quietly to spare further embarrassment.