Mavericks owner Mark Cuban was accused in 2011 of sexually assaulting a woman while posing for a photo. Cuban denies the allegations and was never charged.
The Willamette Week in Oregon has the 2011 police report in which the woman describes the alleged incident. She says the encounter took place around 2:00 a.m. and Cuban appeared to be "very drunk" and "unstable on his feet." After Cuban initially placed his hand on her lower back, she says he moved towards her crotch.
"He then moved his hand down until it was on her buttocks," says the police summary of the victim statement. "Cuban then pushed his hand down the back of her jeans and inside her underwear where he cupped his hand over her groin area and inserted the tip of his finger into her vagina."
The woman also provided photos to the police. The report says two of them shows Cuban appearing to stretch his hand downward.
"In both images, Cuban's right shoulder is lowered and he appears to be stretching to reach his arm down," it reads. "In one of the pictures, his arm can be seen behind (the alleged victim) and it appears Cuban is reaching down toward her buttocks."
The Week published excerpts from Cuban's phone call with police back when the accusation was made. Cuban was in Oregon, because the Mavericks played the Blazers that night.
Cuban: Look, I'm, I'm, I'm not gonna sit here, I, how did she say I touched her? Look, people, people hug me. People grab me. People grab onto me all the time.
Police detective Brendan McGuire: Sure.
Cuban: And it wouldn't shock me if, you know, I like put my arm around somebody or, I mean, but I inappropriately touched? Like in what manner?
McGuire: Well, I'll tell you what the allegation is. And, of course, keep in mind, Mr. Cuban, that I'm not sitting here talking to you, accusing you of anything.
McGuire: Well, there are two pictures. I will tell that you can't see your hands in any of them. Frankly, the cellphone picture quality is not good enough to do that. There are two pictures that do appear to have your shoulder dipping and your arm sort of, if you follow the direction of it, down below her waist.
Cuban: Are you kidding me?
McGuire: No.
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Cuban: And what's your gut feel?
McGuire: At this point, I can't tell you that. And I can't really ethically tell you that anyway.Cuban: Oh that's fine. That's fine. That's fine. That's fine. That's fine. She said I stuck my finger up her crack or crotch?
McGuire: Yeah.
McGuire: Well, if what she is alleging were true, then under Oregon law, let's see, that would be a sex abuse in the second degree, which is a felony. It's the lowest-level felony there is, but it is a felony. And basically, the legal definition of that is penetration without someone's consent but not any force or threats or anything like that.
Cuban: Right.
McGuire: And then as far as the consequences, I mean, that obviously that's way down the road, possibly farther than we could even look. It's all kind of things could happen.
Cuban: Oh my Lord. Oh my f------ Lord. Oh, that's what you get for being nice.
In an email to the Associated Press, Cuban said the reported episode "never happened."
Two weeks ago, Sports Illustrated published a bombshell investigation story accusing two longtime employees, including ex-team president Terdema Ussery, of repeated sexual assault and harassment. Cuban called the story "embarrassing" and fired two employees over the allegations.
