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Cohen Fires Mets’ New General Manager in Lewd-Texts Scandal
- Billionaire owner ousts Jared Porter after ESPN report
- Cohen’s Point72 fund is facing separate discrimination claims
The New York Mets terminated General Manager Jared Porter, according to billionaire owner Steve Cohen, acting swiftly on a report that the new team executive sent explicit and unsolicited text messages to a reporter in 2016.
ESPN reported Monday that Porter sent the messages while he was employed by the Chicago Cubs. Porter, 41, acknowledged to ESPN that he sent pictures to the woman but said the more explicit ones weren’t of himself.