Luke Walton is accused of sexual assault during his time as assistant coach at the Golden State Warriors. {Source: Getty Image}
A National Basketball Association coach is being sued for the alleged sexual assault of a sports reporter, US media report.
According to BBC Sports, in the lawsuit, obtained by TMZ and ESPN, Kelli Tennant alleges Sacramento Kings coach Luke Walton forced himself on her in a California hotel room.
At the time he was assistant coach for the Golden State Warriors, another California NBA team, says the lawsuit.
In a statement, Walton’s lawyer called the accusations “baseless”.
According to legal documents obtained by US media, Tennant met Walton in his suite at the Hotel Casa Del Mar in Santa Monica to give him a copy of her 2014 book.
The two had reportedly had a working relationship, stemming from Walton’s time as a guest on Spectrum SportsNet, a US regional cable sports channel where Tennant used to work.
