Mets fire their general manager for sexual harassment of the journalist

Half an hour later, Mets released a statement from Team Leader Sandy Alderson, in which he said the measure was effective immediately. Alderson said: “Jared’s actions, as reflected in the events that were revealed last night, did not meet the standards of Mets in professionalism and personal behavior.”

New York Porter, 41, hired last month. He took a four-year contract after spending the past four seasons with Arizona Diamondbacks as Senior Vice President and Assistant General Manager. “I spoke directly with Jared Porter about the events in 2016 that we learned about tonight for the first time. Jared acknowledged his serious error in judgment, took responsibility for his behavior, expressed remorse, and previously apologized for his actions.”

The woman, a foreign reporter who moved to the United States to cover Major League Baseball, said she would prefer to remain anonymous. He met Porter in an elevator at Yankee Stadium in June 2016 and said they spoke briefly about international baseball and exchanged business cards.

Shortly thereafter, ESPN said Porter began praising her for her looks, inviting her to meet him in various cities and asking her why she was ignoring him. After he sent her a lewd picture. The woman ignored more than 60 messages from Porter before the vulgar photo was sent. He tried to avoid this in two of the major stadiums in the league, and Porter’s text messages ultimately contributed to his decision to ditch the press and return to his homeland.

Porter sent a letter of apology to the woman in 2016 after blaming her that she was “extremely inappropriate, very offensive and out of line. According to ESPN, Porter said he did not send any pictures of himself, but upon being informed the port said the exchanges show that he sent selfies and pictures.” The other, “the most obvious is not me.” These are like a joke archive. “