The Fever could have used Cunningham's 36.2% career 3-point shooting in Tuesday's loss to Atlanta.

Cunningham called the claim in the lawsuit “false accusations” in a statement posted to her X account Wednesday.

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.