News Notes: Giants Sued Over Charges of Recruiter’s Harassment

The San Francisco Giants have been sued for sexual harassment by 13 baseball players who claim they were harassed by a scout in the Dominican Republic. The players alleged the scout demanded sex from them in exchange for keeping them on a Giants’ farm team, and when they refused, he terminated them. The players argued that the Giants should be held liable because they knew or should have known of the harassment and failed to stop it. The scout denied the claims and contends the players were cut because they lacked baseball talent. (See CEA December 1996 for details on preventing harassment claims during the recruiting process.