Luke Walton new Kings coach

[SHAQATTACK]

stupid lakers talking head no nothing said Luke would never have another head coach job.....all that dude does is Lakers pimp on everything and Lebron Sucker upper

[SHAQATTACK]

Lakers got rid of the wrong person l

Should have shown Leturd the door.

so they ll hire Lue ......Lebrons personal YES man ....

what a stupid joke of a owner.

[Rosco917]

Don't worry, Luke Walton is gonna get fired after next season because Vlade Divac wants to tank

And you know this because?

[GreenCoffeeBean]

Good hire for a good roster

[Moranis]

Luke Walton is a terrible coach. Deserved to be fired and after what the Kings did to Joerger they deserve to have a Edited.  Profanity and masked profanity are against forum rules and may result in discipline.ty coach and a giant step backwards

[Roy H.]

Luke Walton has been accused of sexually assaulting a reporter during his time with the Lakers. (AP Photo/Tyler Kaufman)
New Sacramento Kings head coach Luke Walton is being sued by a female reporter who is claiming he forced himself on her in a hotel room before he was hired by the Los Angeles Lakers in April 2016, TMZ reports.

News of the lawsuit was confirmed by the Los Angeles Times’ Tania Ganguli, who said the alleged incident occurred while Walton was an assistant with the Golden State Warriors

Kelli Tennant, a reporter who used to work for Lakers rights holder Spectrum Sportsnet LA, is reportedly alleging Walton assaulted her after calling her into his Santa Monica hotel room to discuss a book she was writing.

The details of what Tennant claims happened, from TMZ:

In the suit, Tennant says when she arrived at Walton's hotel, he convinced her to come up to his room so they could discuss the book. She claims when they got up to his room, Walton suddenly pinned her to the bed, placing his hips and legs over her body.

In the docs, Tennant claims Walton then began forcing kisses on her neck, face and chest. She claims she screamed for him to stop and tried to free herself, but he held her down, groped her breasts and groin, and rubbed his erection on her leg.

She says he eventually relented and let her get up from the bed, but as she was walking towards the door to leave he grabbed her from behind and again forced his body up against hers.

It should be noted that a previous version of TMZ’s report indicated the alleged assault occurred in May 2017. It was later updated to note it occurred before Walton’s Lakers tenure.

Tennant reportedly claimed she did not initially report the alleged assault and was forced to continue to interact with Walton once he was hired by the Lakers due to her job. She said that Walton would often greet her with an aggressive hug or kiss despite her telling him the advances were unwanted.