NEW YORK (AP) _ A Madison Square Garden executive who says New York Knicks coach Isiah Thomas showered her with profanities was unsparing in her own foul language to describe fellow executives, a former colleague testified Monday.
John Cudmore, a senior vice-president of finance, told a federal jury that the executive, Anucha Browne Sanders, on numerous occasions referred to others with the f-word and ``bitch,'' a word she says Thomas frequently hurled at her.
Cudmore was called as a witness by the defence as the trial entered its third week.
Browne Sanders, the Knicks' former vice-president of marketing and business operations, is seeking millions of dollars in damages in a sexual harassment suit against Thomas. She was hired by the Knicks in late 2000 and was fired in January 2006, months after complaining to MSG management that she was mistreated by Thomas.
Cudmore testified that Browne Sanders was unsparing in her harsh assessment of fellow executives, ranging from a marketing executive to the team's vice-president of season ticket sales. He said the former Northwestern basketball star called other MSG executives buffoons and wimps and sprinkled profanities liberally.
Cudmore said he saw only cordial interactions, free of profanities, between Thomas and Browne Sanders at several team financial meetings.
Cudmore said Browne Sanders' annual salary was raised to US
