If there is one thing you should understand in 2021 is that everything has a digital trail.
People didn’t think about this in the early 2010s, but you should be fully aware now that anything you text, tweet, email, DM, etc., can be used against you regardless of context. I will be honest if I have something truly personal to say, I have to make sure I do it in person because someone might be your friend today, but three years from now, when they are upset at you for whatever reason, they are going to pull out that one questionable text to try to ruin your whole life.
I can understand Penny Sarver is upset.
People are trying to take her husband down, which directly affects her and her children. I am not surprised she hopped in those DMs after a couple of glasses of wine likely, but it wasn’t the right move.
Three former Phoenix Suns employees have received messages from Penny Sarver, the wife of Robert Sarver, who is the team’s majority owner.
Two messages came from the @pennsar Instagram account and another was a text message from a number that belongs to Penny Sarver.
These former employees say they consider the messages an attempt to intimidate them. The NBA has launched an investigation into Sarver and the Suns in the wake of ESPN publishing a story based on interviews with more than 70 current and former Suns employees who described a sometimes toxic and hostile workplace during Sarver’s 17-year tenure in Phoenix.
When reached for comment, Penny Sarver confirmed she sent the messages and said she looks forward to the NBA’s investigation.
“Over the weekend, I decided on my own to reach out to a few people to try to set the record straight and to share how disappointed and hurt I am by the lies that are circulating about my husband and the Suns organization,” Penny Sarver said. “I shared the betrayal that I felt and I touched on some of the pain that we are going through as a family.
“Any suggestion that I tried to ‘intimidate’ anyone is as silly as it is wrong and outrageous.”
If you are curious what Robert Sarver is being accused of, here is a bullet point list.
- Sarver likes to say the N-word a lot.
- Sarver says “Black Guy” a lot.
- Sarver had beef with Rich Paul and Klutch.
- Sarver showed his wife in a swimsuit to staff members.
- Sarver talked about how his wife gave him oral sex to staffers.
- Sarver liked to tell people he owned them.
- Sarver called his black coach Earl Watson “Toxic.”
- Sarver liked to tell staffers he needed MAGNUM condoms.
- Sarver believes women should breastfeed at home, not work.
- Sarver thinks women cry too much.
- Sarver asked a male employee if he shaved his balls.
- Sarver offered to get his players escorts if they played better.
- Sarver wanted local strippers to have babies with players so they wouldn’t leave Suns in free agency.
- Sarver pantsed an employee in front of 60 staff members.
- Sarver berates players and coaches after bad losses, including DeAndre Ayton.
- Sarver allowed a black employee to be called Carlton by a white co-worker.
Never a dull moment in the NBA.
Flip the pages to see the DMs and texts she sent Ex-Suns employees.
