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 forward Sophie Cunningham has denied accusations that she was involved in an affair with a Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury CEO Josh Bartelstein. Cunningham released a statement on social media Wednesday that also called out the media for helping spread the rumor.

WNBA season under way, the Indiana Fever are constantly in the news. The lawsuit, filed by Gene Traylor, the director of security for the Suns, claims Suns' vice president of security and risk management,