Not quite 18 hours after the story broke, Sandy Alderson addressed the New York media about the sexual harassment complaint brought against now former Mets general manager Jared Porter. Porter’s dismissal was made public this morning just after 8am when owner Steve Cohen tweeted the news, followed shortly by a statement by Alderson.
The timeline, according to Alderson, started with a 5:30pm phone call yesterday from Porter, where he made Alderson aware of the ESPN piece that was to go live later that evening. Porter explained the situation, admitted fault, expressed remorse, but Alderson felt that the gravity of the situation was not clear until reading the ESPN article and ‘seeing the video,’ which refers to the narrated slideshow video that was part of ESPN’s coverage.