WNBA star Sophie Cunningham responded on Instagram on Wednesday, May 21, after an alleged accusation that she was having an affair with Josh Bartelstein, the CEO of the Phoenix Suns and Mercury, was repeated within an employee's unrelated discrimination lawsuit against her former team.

Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham released a statement denying the allegations that she had an affair with Phoenix Suns and Mercury CEO Josh Bartelstein.

Sophie Cunningham, who was a subject of a rumored affair with Phoenix Suns CEO Josh Bartelstein, condemned the accusations in a statement saying she was, "deeply saddened by the recent false accusations.