An ESPN report from Mina Kimes and Jeff Passan late on Monday night said that New York Mets general manager Jared Porter — hired by the franchise just a month ago — had sent “unsolicited texts and images” to a female reporter back in 2016.
The horrifying report details how Porter repeatedly sent messages to her even after she stopped texting him back. When ESPN reached Porter, the general manager “acknowledged texting with the woman. He initially said he had not sent any pictures of himself.”
The Mets had released a statement from president Sandy Alderson in which he said the franchise would follow up with a review, but on Tuesday morning, word came directly from team owner Steve Cohen, who tweeted at 7:55 a.m. Eastern that Porter had been fired and that “there should be zero tolerance for this type of behavior.”
We have terminated Jared Porter this morning . In my initial press conference I spoke about the importance of integrity and I meant it.There should be zero tolerance for this type of behavior.
— Steven Cohen (@StevenACohen2) January 19, 2021
There was no foot-dragging, no days of debate on how to handle it, none of that. When Porter, as the Mets original statement, “acknowledged … his serious error in judgement,” the organization made its decision swiftly.
