In a shocking story that Jeff Passan and Mina Kimes of ESPN dropped Monday night, New York Mets general manager Jared Porter has admitted to sending explicit photos to a foreign female reporter in 2016.

A copy of the text history was obtained by ESPN. They subsequently reached out to him on Monday night, when he acknowledged texting with the woman.

The photos Porter sent included a picture of a penis after the reporter had ignored dozens of other messages from him for weeks, according to Passan. The ESPN story linked above includes some of the screenshots, showing messages Porter sent like “You’re so pretty,” “Do you have a boyfriend yet?”, and “Why won’t you answer me beautiful?”

The woman was a foreign correspondent who had moved to the United States to cover Major League Baseball. The texting conversation apparently started after Porter, who was the Cubs’ director of professional scouting at the time, started complimenting her appearance and asking her to meet him places. She said that at one point, she had ignored more than 60 messages from him before he sent his final explicit picture.

Porter claimed that the explicit pictures, such as the photo of the penis, were not actually of him, but rather “joke-stock images.”

Passan also reported that ESPN originally obtained these messages in 2017. They interviewed the woman then, but opted not to release the information publicly after the woman feared her career would be harmed. ESPN has reportedly kept in contact with the woman, who has since left the reporting world.

The woman explained that she still has some fears about her name being associated with this story, which is why she still remains anonymous. But with Porter now in a higher position of power, she felt the need to come forward at this point.

“My number one motivation is I want to prevent this from happening to someone else,” she told ESPN. “Obviously he’s in a much greater position of power. I want to prevent that from happening again. The other thing is I never really got the notion that he was truly sorry.”

The Mets hired Porter on December 12 to assist new owner Steve Cohen and president Sandy Alderson in leading the Mets’ front office. Seemingly everything had gone swimmingly in the Mets’ new era until this incident.

“I have spoken with Jared Porter regarding events that took place in 2016 of which we were made aware tonight for the first time,” Alderson told ESPN. “Jared has acknowledged to me his serious error in judgment, has taken responsibility for his conduct, has expressed remorse and has previously apologized for his actions. The Mets take these matters seriously, expect professional and ethical behavior from all of our employees, and certainly do not condone the conduct described in your story. We will follow up as we review the facts regarding this serious issue.”

We will keep you updated as the matter is further investigated and Porter’s fate is decided upon.