re: Primo released by Spurs.

primo cleared waivers today and is now a free agent

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Also on Monday, al.com reported that Buzbee will hold a press conference in Houston Thursday to discuss the allegations against Primo. The report states that the firm represents a former consulting psychologist for the team who made allegations against him, and that she will make a statement and answer questions at the press conference.

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Dec 2021: Primo exposes himself to Dr. Cauthen in one of their first sessions

Jan 2022: Cauthen gets a meeting with Spurs GM

July: Cauthen told to stay home from Summer League, team has lost trust in her

August: Cauthen's contract not renewed

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That's not good.

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Wow sounds like a cover up now. It’s wild that they renew his option. Brian Wrigjt should be fired.

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I have zero clue what is true and not true, but all I would say is that you should never assume something is true if it comes from Tony Buzbee. He's a known sleazy lawyer.


Again, does not mean everything there is not true. I just would try to get better details before forming an opinion based on what that dude says.

This is from Shams in The Athletic:

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Former San Antonio Spurs psychologist Hillary Cauthen is suing the Spurs and the team’s 2021 No. 12 draft pick Josh Primo over alleged incidents involving indecent exposure by Primo, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday in Bexar County, Texas.

Cauthen will also file a criminal complaint against Primo for “multiple counts of indecent exposure,” her attorney Tony Buzbee said Thursday during a news conference in Houston.

“We expect them to prosecute,” Buzbee said.

Cauthen was hired under contract by the Spurs in September 2021. According to the suit, Primo exposed himself nine times in front of Cauthen, beginning in December 2021.

“I’m a clinical sports psychologist; I’m a mother of four wonderful daughters. I’m a woman, and I am a victim,” Cauthen said Thursday.

According to the suit, Cauthen first raised her concerns over Primo’s conduct with Spurs general manager Brian Wright in January 2022. Cauthen met with Wright again on March 21 and continued to voice her concerns about Primo, expressing to Wright that she felt uncomfortable meeting with Primo alone, the lawsuit says.

After the meeting with Wright, Cauthen alleges that she continued to be called upon to visit Primo. Cauthen met with Wright again in April to express her frustration and concern that no action had been taken, according to the lawsuit. Wright asked Cauthen “what consequence” she wanted to occur, and Cauthen responded that she felt it was up to the team to address the situation, the suit says. Wright then informed her that the organization’s legal team would be in contact with her.

According to the lawsuit, in May, Cauthen met multiple times with lawyers from the Spurs organization, including its deputy general counsel and as well as the chief legal officer and general counsel, and was promised an investigation would occur. At this time, Cauthen was instructed to avoid contact with Primo and was told that the team was preparing a “write-up.”

A week or more later, after requesting an update on the status of the investigation, deputy general counsel Brandon James and head of human resources Kara Allen told Cauthen that Primo would continue to participate in team activities and suggested Cauthen work from home, according to the suit.

In June, James and Allen disclosed that they had spoken with Primo, the lawsuit says, and suggested setting up a conversation with Primo to address his behavior. Cauthen refused.

At a meeting later in June, James and Allen informed Cauthen that the franchise was considering a “corrective process for the timely reporting of incidents.” They also informed Cauthen that head coach Gregg Popovich “was aware of her complaints and accusations and that he ‘wanted to do right by her.’?”

The Spurs, who could not immediately be reached for comment, waived Primo last week. He had played four games this season, posting averages of 7.0 points, 3.3 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game on 34.6 percent shooting from the field.

William J. Briggs, II, attorney for Primo, issued a statement Thursday, defending the accusations against his client.

“Josh Primo is a 19-year-old NBA player who has suffered a lifetime of trauma and challenges,” Briggs said. “He is now being victimized by his former team-appointed sports psychologist, who is playing to ugly stereotypes and racially charged fears for her own financial benefit.”

The statement went on to deny the accusations that Primo exposed himself, calling them “a complete fabrication, a gross embellishment or utter fantasy. Josh Primo never intentionally exposed himself to her or anyone else and was not even aware that his private parts were visible outside of his workout shorts.”

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Josh Primo never intentionally exposed himself to her or anyone else and was not even aware that his private parts were visible outside of his workout shorts.”

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"I can't help that it's so big" is his defense

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“I’m a clinical sports psychologist; I’m a mother of four wonderful daughters. I’m a woman, and I am a victim,” Cauthen said Thursday.

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“Not knowing my dick was out” during a therapy session is a wild defense

Ok serious question. How does one get help for something like this? If he has an issue of whipping his dick out and they send him to a psychologist, isn’t that the person who is supposed to try and help him with that situation and get to the root of the issue?

In no way am I trying to defend him. Just curious of how you’d move forward in trying to help him with this situation. Get a male psychologist to talk to him?

Also her saying there needs to be consequences but not giving any list/ method of consequences that she believed would help the situation is weird. And then her refusing to meet with Primo and the team to discuss everything also seems shitty considering she’s the psychologist that should have input on this type of situation.

Again I’m not defending him but why be a psychologist if you can’t handle people who have mental/ social issues?

If there are more victims coming out, then he’s in even more deep trouble. Especially the hotel worker.