Exclusive: In a court filing obtained by The Independent, sports agent Ryan Henderson says Radegen Sports Management boss Alex Radetsky groped him repeatedly, leaving him with ongoing PTSD. A high-powered sports agent who represents Baseball Hall of Famer David ‘Big Papi’ Ortiz, Los Angeles Dodgers star Yasiel Puig, pro golf wunderkind James Piot, and scores of other top athletes is accused of repeatedly groping a male executive, getting especially handsy during out-of-town business trips to high-profile events including the NFL draft.

After Radegen Sports Management executive vice president Ryan Henderson complained about founder and president Alexander Radetsky’s lewd advances, the 46-year-old Radetsky, who is married, forced him out of the company, stiffed him on more than $100,000 in commissions, and attempted to deep-six his future career prospects by badmouthing him around the industry, according to a civil suit obtained by The Independent.

The experience has caused Henderson, 38, “mental trauma,” “immense emotional distress,” and “physical manifestations of anxiety and depression symptoms wherein he has difficulty breathing, sleeping, and performing normal activities of daily life,” according to his complaint. Radetsky did not respond to multiple requests for comment. In terms of Radegen’s bottom line, Henderson increased the size of its hockey division by 100 percent, its Olympics division by 300 percent, and its football division by 400 percent, according to the complaint.

Just before the Covid lockdowns in early 2020, Henderson was molested for the first time while at a company gathering at Slattery’s, a bar and grill in Midtown Manhattan, the complaint alleges. After Radetsky grabbed the crotches of two male coworkers, the complaint says he “groped [Henderson’s] penis and rubbed his hand over [his] crotch area,” leaving him “mortified and in shock.”. “At this meeting… Radetsky once again sexually assaulted [Henderson] by groping [his] penis over his pants and grabbing his crotch in front of a number of other colleagues,” the complaint states, further claiming that Radetsky also “inappropriately groped and touched” three other Radegen staffers at the restaurant.

A shocked Henderson told Radetsky that what he was doing was wrong, to which Radetsky responded by smacking Henderson in the groin, according to the complaint. The following month, Radetsky sent Henderson to Las Vegas for the NFL draft, where he would be representing a number of hopefuls on Radegen’s client roster, the complaint continues. Once Henderson landed, he headed to the Delano (since rebranded as the W), where he was staying, and was immediately “ordered” by Radetsky to join him at the hotel bar, the complaint goes on. Henderson told Radetsky that he first needed to drop off his bags, and as he waited for the elevator to go up to his room, Radetsky appeared at his side, called him a “p***y,” and groped his crotch, according to the complaint.

Henderson’s complaint describes Radetsky’s actions as “appalling,” and says Henderson told him, in no uncertain terms, that his advances were entirely unwelcome. But, instead of addressing Henderson’s objections, Radetsky texted Radegen’s senior director of client and partner services and criticized his job performance, which, the complaint contends, “could[‘nt] be farther from the truth.” The next day, Radetsky “purposely missed” a number of meetings Henderson had arranged, “setting [him] up to fail,” the complaint alleges.

A little more than a year went by, without major incident. Then, in August 2023, Henderson was at a company business dinner, hosted by Radetsky, at Shanahan’s Steakhouse in Denver, Colorado, according to the complaint. During the meal, it says Radetsky told the gathered employees that everyone was going to do a “team shot” of tequila, which Henderson politely declined. Radetsky then “became irate and berated [Henderson], calling him a p***y and slapping [him] in the face,” the complaint states. “Radetsky then reached out, holding the tequila shot in his hand and violently pushed it against [Henderson’s] chest. When [Henderson] declined the shot once more… Radetsky again called [him] a p***y and… groped [Henderson] yet again in a sexual manner on his crotch area.”.

Once again, Henderson’s protestations were met with indifference, the complaint alleges. Henderson was nearing the end of his rope, but needed the job to support himself financially, according to the complaint. So, in October 2023, when his employment contract was up for renewal, Henderson told Radetsky that he wanted to keep working at Radegen, but “expressed in no uncertain terms” that the groping and touching must stop, the complaint says.

Instead, Radetsky veered wildly off-script, refusing to discuss the relevant details of Henderson’s contract, the complaint contends. Radetsky then made Henderson a lowball offer, which the complaint says was “retaliation” for Henderson refusing Radetsky’s come-ons. Henderson subsequently came back with a counteroffer, only to find Radegen’s general counsel unwilling to negotiate, “effectively terminating [Henderson’s] employment without good cause,” according to the complaint.