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“Brad would routinely befriend young interns and invite them to his apartment in Chicago to watch March Madness basketball and other sports,” a Hawks marketing official, who requested anonymity, told TSN. “I was told to steer clear of him because he had tried something at his apartment on a few players. This was not something that only a few people knew about. The entire training staff, a lot of people knew. … This was an open secret.”

Martinez’s court-appointed attorney, Courtney Smallwood, argued against denying bail, saying her client didn’t make any admissions to police after his arrest, adding that his statement claiming to have shot a girl wasn’t anywhere in police paperwork. “Presumably, if my client had made admissions, that would be an important fact that you would want to highlight in a report,” she argued.

Photos from the White Sox-Mariners game at Guaranteed Rate Field on June 27, 2021. (Erin Hooley) White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu appears in pain after being hit in the leg by a pitch from Mariners relief pitcher JT Chargois during the sixth inning at Guaranteed Rate Field on July 27, 2021. (Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune) White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu is helped off the field after being hit in the leg by a pitch from Mariners relief pitcher JT Chargois during the sixth inning at Guaranteed Rate Field on July 27, 2021. (Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune) Mariners manager Scott Servais talks to officials as pitcher Hector Santiago is ejected from the game during the fifth inning at Guaranteed Rate Field on July 27, 2021. (Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune) White Sox catcher Yasmani Grandal (24) scores on a single from Leury Garcia during the fifth inning at Guaranteed Rate Field on July 27, 2021. (Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune) White Sox third baseman Yoan Moncada singles during the fourth inning at Guaranteed Rate Field on July 27, 2021. (Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune) Mariners pitcher Hector Santiago throws during the third inning at Guaranteed Rate Field on July 27, 2021. (Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune) White Sox starting pitcher Dallas Keuchel throws during the fourth inning at Guaranteed Rate Field on July 27, 2021. (Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune)

“If my memory is right, I was confident they’re going to work very hard to help,” he said. “And I think I used the world reasonable. I don’t know that something reasonable can be done. I just know, for two weeks or so, the way Kenny and Rick and their teammates up there work. They’re preparing and making phone calls. That’s what I’m confident in — they’re doing their best to help us.