Kelli Tennantmade her first public comments about her during a news conference on Tuesday.The former Spectrum SportsNet reporter claimedWalton sexually a saulted her in a hotel room in late 2014 while he was an a sistant with the Warriors."I was scared,"Tennant said during the news conference. "When someone a saults you and you think youre going to be raped, coming forward is a scary thing. I have spent years now dealing with it, trying to forget about it, hoping that I can push it to the side and hoping that time would heal. And that was not the case."Over this time, I was able to muster up the courage and have conversations with attorney Garo Mardiro sian where I felt comfortable talking about this."MORE: Tennant saidshe met Walton and his wife 10 years ago at a volleyball tournament. In 2013, while Tennant was covering the Lakers and Waltonwas working as an NBA analyst, Trevor Rosenthal Jersey she saidshe asked himtowrite a foreword for her book, to whichhe agreed.After the book was published in 2014, Tennant said shearranged a meetingwith Walton to give him a copy of itwhile he was in the Los Angeles area with the Warriors.She spoke about the alleged incident during the news conference:"I stopped by his hotel and I had the book wrapped, in gift-wrapping. And as I pulled up to the hotel, he waited for me outside. I got out and handed him the book and we hugged and he was so excited about it and was so happy to see me and asked me to park my car acro s the street because we hadn't seen each other in quite a while. He wanted to catch upand hear how things were going with the book. I agreed.I parked my car acro s the street, and as I walked into the hotel with him, I anticipated us walking into the lobby, where we would hang out and catch up. And he Tyler O'Neill Jersey started to walk towards the elevators, and I asked him where we were going, and he said up to his room. And I asked him why we were going up to his room, and he said because the players on his team were in the lobby, and he could not be around them. He didnt want to be seen in the lobby with the players. So I was hesitant, and he said, "Dont worry about it, its me."And as someone that I trusted for a long time, I realized I shouldnt overthink it, and followhis lead. I walked up to the hotel with him and continued to tell myself not to overthink Andrew Miller Jersey it and that I could trust him.Out of nowhere he got on top of me and pinned me down to the bed, and held my arms down with all of his weight while he ki sed my neck and my face and my chest. And as I kept asking him to please stop and to get off, he laughed at me. I continued to ask him to stop over and over again, without any use of my arms, because he continued to hold me down. I could feel him rubbing his erection on me, and he continued to laugh at all of my pleas to get off and to stop. I thought he was going to rape me."Tennant said she was able to get up offthe bed and attemptto leave the room, but Walton grabbed her from behind and held her arms to her body and continued ki sing her neck."I kept begging him to please let go and to please stop and he continued to laugh in my ear," Tennant said. "He finally let go, and I got out of the room."Tennant said shewas grateful Walton was not in Los Angeles so she wouldn't have to interact with him afterward, but that changed in 2016 when Walton was named head Adam Wainwright Jersey coach of the Lakers.She said she was on the board for a charity in 2016, and it was her job to get Walton as the guest honoree for an event."When he showed up for the event, I walked out to the car to show him where to park," Tennant said."As soon as I walked up to the driver's side window, he looked me up and down slowly, saying 'Mmm, you're killing me in that dre s.'"Tennant said each time she saw Walton at Lakers practices and games he always hugged her and ki sed heron the cheek."I pretended to be completely normal this entire time, and I felt like I had nowhere to turn,"Tennant said.Plaintiff Kelli Tennant vs. Defendant Luke Walton Michelle Dapper (@KCRAdapper) Walton parted ways with the Lakers on April 12. He was hired days laterby the Kings.Walton has hired prominent attorney Mark Baute who defended Derrick Rose as he faced rape allegations in 2016 to represent him.Luke Walton's attorney Mark Baute not only represented Derrick Rose during his rape allegation trial, but also former 49er Jarryd Hayne, who has also been accused of rape. Hayne's US trial is set to begin in January of 2020 Sean Cunningham (@SeanCunningham) Baute i sued a statement on Monday, lex Reyes Jersey claiming Tennant to be "an opportunist, not a victim" andcallingher accusations "basele s."