LOS ANGELES — For the first time since her lawsuit accusing Sacramento Kings coach Luke Walton of sexual assault leaked into the public, Kelli Tennant spoke in her own words about the alleged 2014 incident that she said made her feel “disgusted and betrayed.”
When asked why she did not report the alleged assault to police or her employer before a Tuesday press conference at her attorney’s office in Los Angeles, Tennant said she was afraid to speak out.
“I was scared,” she said. “I felt coming forward would jeopardize every aspect of my life.”
Almost everything Tennant said was available on paper in a suit filed to California Superior Court this week by her attorneys Garo Mardirossian and David deRubertis.