Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov has been sued in New York State Court by Grigory Rodchenkov, the whistleblower who exposed Russian cheating at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.
“With today’s filings, the hunted becomes the hunter,” said Rodchenkov’s lawyer, Jim Walden. “Russia and its puppets have been persistently attacking Dr. Rodchenkov for too long, most recently with this frivolous lawsuit that parrots the Kremlin’s slander.
“Today’s legal action by Dr. Rodchenkov provides ample testament to the baseless nature of this Prokhorov-financed claim, which I believe was intended for the single purpose of attempting to locate Dr.