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Isiah sexually harassed woman, jury finds

MSG, chairman, but not Thomas, must pay $11.6 million in damages

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Degrading a woman in the workplace “is never OK,” said Thomas, a married father of two. “It is never appropriate.”

Dolan and a string of other executives also took the witness stand to deny they tolerated or witnessed sexual harassment. They testified Browne Sanders was fired because she was incompetent on budget matters, and because she later sought to undermine an internal inquiry into her allegations against Thomas.

The trial also made headlines with its testimony about an admitted tryst involving star Knicks guard Stephon Marbury and an MSG intern, an encounter the plaintiffs’ attorneys argued demonstrated the organization’s frat house mentality.

At the Knicks training camp in South Carolina on Tuesday, Marbury and other players said it was time for the team to move past the off-court controversy. Thomas was expected to arrive Wednesday.

“It’s a tough situation and the only thing we can do now is go forward,” Marbury said.

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Forward Malik Rose predicted the team would rally behind Dolan and Thomas.

“We all know what kind of guy ’Mr. D’ is,” he said before the jury awarded punitive damages. “We all know what kind of guy Isiah is and how they treat us. I’m sure all you guys agree this is a first-class organization.”

MSG is owned by Cablevision Systems Corp., based in Bethpage, N.Y., and Dolan is Cablevision’s CEO. Shares fell 35 cents, or 1 percent, to $34.71 in afternoon trading.

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