Report: Nick Young, Jordan Clarkson facing sexual harassment allegations
The Los Angeles Lakers are enduring a miserable season on the court, but now it looks like their woes are spilling off it too.
According to Baxter Holmes of ESPN on Monday, guards Nick Young and Jordan Clarkson have been accused of sexually harassing two women in Hollywood on Sunday night.
Holmes reports that Alexis Jones and her 68-year-old mother were stopped in their vehicle at the intersection of Melrose and La Brea Ave. around 7:30 PM Sunday when a Jeep with four men pulled up alongside them and began making “vulgar, sexual gestures” towards the two of them.
Jones apparently took pictures of the men and posted them to Instagram, where two of them were soon identified by commenters as Young and Clarkson.
What is ironic is that Jones is a women’s rights activist who co-founded the non-profit organization I AM THAT GIRL, which seeks to empower women. One of her programs was made specifically to address the issue of sexual abuse in athletics and she was even in recent talks with the NBA about adopting the program.
The Lakers are said to be investigating the matter with team spokesman John Black telling ESPN that they are taking the allegations “very seriously” but have no further comment at this time. Head coach Byron Scott has also apparently been made aware of the situation and addressed it with both players.
Additionally, Jones says that Black called her on Monday morning to apologize on behalf of the Lakers and that the possibility of her coming in to speak to the team about her message has been discussed.
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