Yet another damning report has shed further light on a toxic workplace culture that was hostile to women within the New York Mets' front office.
The new report, published on Friday by The Athletic, focuses on the alleged creepy and abusive behavior of a pair of former Mets marketing executives, Joe DeVito and David Newman.
Former Mets employees described Newman as a vindictive micromanager who frequently made inappropriate comments about his female reports' appearances, while DeVito flirted with underlings by text and even gave one a back rub in front of other employees, the report said.
Perhaps most damaging of all, general manager Sandy Alderson rehired Newman in 2020 following his 2018 departure from the Mets, despite the reported objections of Mets employees.
One of the female employees who warned Alderson about rehiring Newman said he had made inappropriate and discriminatory comments about her pregnancy, the report said.
Alderson assured the employees that he'd tell Newman to "knock if off," and that everyone deserved second chances.
The 73-year-old Alderson, who was brought back as GM upon the arrival of new owner Steve Cohen following a two-year hiatus, also came under fire when it was reported that he hadn't acted on accusations of sexual misconduct against former manager Mickey Callaway.
The Callaway report came only weeks after former GM Jared Porter resigned when it was revealed that he had persistently sexually harassed a female reporter several years prior, including sending unsolicited explicit photos.
But the thrust of the newest report suggests the Mets' toxic workplace culture went far beyond just Porter and Callaway.
Cohen has hired a law firm to investigate the team's offices, the report said.
All of the reports were published by The Athletic, and written by reporters Katie Strang and Britt Ghiroli.