Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, which owns the Raptors, filed the motion for dismissal in New York's Southern District on Monday. MLSE filed the legal documents on behalf of the NBA club, head coach Darko Rajakovic and 12 other individual defendants.
"This baseless lawsuit is a public relations stunt by the Knicks," reads the preliminary statement of the filing. "It has no business wasting judicial resources given the all-encompassing arbitration clause in the parties' governing agreement. The lawsuit identified Azotam as the alleged mole. Since August 2021 Azotam had directed the planning, organizing and distribution of all video scouting responsibilities for the Knicks' coaching staff.The New York Knicks are suing the Toronto Raptors, their new head coach and a former Knicks scouting employee alleging they conspired to steal thousands of videos and scouting secrets.