After a four-month investigation into a claim that Sacramento Kings head coach Luke Walton sexually assaulted and repeatedly harassed former Spectrum SportsNet reporter Kelli Tennant, the NBA and Kings announced on Friday that there was “not a sufficient basis to support the allegations.” The investigation is now closed, though could be re-opened should additional evidence surface.
The investigation was led by two accomplished attorneys: Elizabeth Maringer, a former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and currently the league’s senior vice president and assistant general counsel for integrity and investigations, and Sue Ann Van Dermyden, a Sacramento-based attorney with deep expertise in employment law and workplace investigations.