Ex-ESPN Worker Says She Never Stalked Phillips

FILE - In this Oct. 28, 2002, file photo, New York Mets general manager Steve Phillips is shown...

FILE - In this Oct. 28, 2002, file photo, New York Mets general manager Steve Phillips is shown during a news conference at Shea Stadiium in New York. A former ESPN production assistant whose affair with broadcaster Steve Phillips led to their firings says she confronted his wife only so he would stop pursuing her. Brooke Hundley told ABC's "Good Morning America" on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009, that she never stalked the baseball analyst and that he harassed her, not the other way around. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

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A former ESPN production assistant whose affair with broadcaster Steve Phillips led to their firings says she confronted his wife only so he would stop pursuing her.

Brooke Hundley told ABC's "Good Morning America" on Thursday that she never stalked the baseball analyst. Both were fired in October after the affair became public.

Bristol, Conn.-based ESPN says its investigation found Hundley's characterization of the events as inconsistent.

Phillips acknowledged his relationship with the 22-year-old Hundley, and the details were splashed across New York tabloids for days.

Telephone messages were left Thursday for Hundley and Phillips' spokesman. Phillips' wife, Marni, declined to comment.

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