Last week, Luke Walton was named newest head coach of the Sacramento Kings.
This week, he was accused in a lawsuit of sexual misconduct by a former sports reporter.
In the lawsuit, Walton is accused of assaulting former Spectrum SportsNet host Kelli Tennant at a hotel during his time as an assistant for the Golden State Warriors.
From the Times:
“Walton was a mentor to Tennant, a former USC volleyball player, and she had known his wife for years because both were competitive volleyball players in college, the lawsuit says. She drove to the hotel to give him a copy of the book. He invited her to his room so as not to be in the public eye, according to court documents.
The lawsuit, which was examined by the Los Angeles Times, alleges that Walton suddenly “pinned Ms. Tennant on the bed, placing his hips and legs over her body.” He then “began forcing kisses on her neck, face and chest.” The suit said she yelled for him to stop and tried to free herself as Walton groped her breasts and groin area. Eventually, the suit said, Walton relented.”
Walton being accused of such a heinous thing is something many NBA fans couldn’t fathom, so many of them started to search out the accuser’s social media pages, most notably, her Instagram page, and began asking questions.
Comment after comment were people asking why she waited so long to say anything and accusing her of bringing out these allegations as a money grab.
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Mark Baute, Walton’s attorney, said in a statement that Tennant’s claim is “not credible.”
“The accuser is an opportunist, not a victim, and her claim is not credible. We intend to prove this in a courtroom,” Baute said.
