Donnie Nelson’s lawsuit against Mavericks ‘dismissed with prejudice’

DALLAS — Former Dallas Mavericks general manager Donnie Nelson’s lawsuit against the team was “dismissed with prejudice,” according to documents filed in Dallas County court last week.

Nelson notified the court Thursday that he will not file a lawsuit over his claims against all of the defendants, according to court documents.

The case was scheduled to go to trial on December 10.

Rogge Dunn, Nelson’s attorney, told ESPN that “the parties have reached a resolution of their dispute on confidential terms.” Former Mavericks governor Mark Cuban, now a minority owner of the franchise, declined to comment Monday.

In the lawsuit, which was filed in March 2022, Nelson claimed he was fired by the Mavericks in retaliation after reporting that then-majority owner Mark Cuban’s “right-hand man” allegedly sexually harassed Nelson’s nephew in a hotel room during the 2020 season. -Star weekend in Chicago.

Nelson alleged that talks with Cuban about an eight-figure contract extension came to an abrupt halt when he reported the allegation. Nelson, who originally joined the franchise as an assistant coach under his father, Don, in 1997, was ultimately fired in June 2021.

In their response to the lawsuit, the Mavericks denied that Nelson was unfairly fired and claimed that he threatened to reveal the sexual orientation of Cuban’s chief of staff if his contractual demands were not met. In the filing, the Mavericks accused Nelson of a “long-running scheme to extort up to $100 million” and cited “a number of factors,” including “poor job performance,” for his firing.