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The alleged sexual assault by Luke Walton of a former female TV sports reporter is part of a long pattern of gender abuse and sexual exploitation in the National Basketball Association, a Los Angeles attorney alleged in a press statement Tuesday.
Attorney Garo Mardirossian is representing Kelli Tennant, who has filed a lawsuit alleging the newly hired Sacramento Kings coach sexually assaulted her in a Santa Monica hotel room at an undisclosed date.