New York Knicks sue ex-employee and the Raptors for ‘stealing thousands of propriety files’

The New York Knicks have reportedly sued a former employee for allegedly stealing information and taking it to his new job. 

The franchise has alleged that former team employee, Ikechukwu Azotam, took ‘thousands’ of files of propriety information with him to the Toronto Raptors, according to The New York Post. 

The Knicks named Azotam, the Raptors organization, Raptors head coach Darko Rajaković and player development coach Noah Lewis in a lawsuit filed in the United States District Court in the Southern District of New York on Monday.

‘The New York Knicks have sued the Toronto Raptors and several members of their organization, including a former Knicks employee, after the former employee illegally took thousands of proprietary files with him to his new position with the Toronto Raptors,’ The Knicks told The Post in a statement.

‘These files include confidential information such as play frequency reports, a prep book for the 2022-23 season, video scouting files and materials and more. Given the clear violation of our employment agreement, criminal and civil law, we were left no choice but to take this action.’

More to follow.