Nick Young, Jordan Clarkson Accused of Sexual Harassment: Details and Comments

March 21st, 2016 by Scott Polacek Leave a reply »

Los Angeles Lakers guards Nick Young and Jordan Clarkson are reportedly facing sexual harassment allegations.

"The Los Angeles Lakers say they are taking a harassment claim made by a woman against two of their players 'very seriously,'" Baxter Holmes of ESPN.com reported Monday. "... Lakers spokesman John Black told ESPN on Monday that the team ... is looking into it but does not have any further comment at this time."

Holmes noted one of the women who Clarkson and Young allegedly harassed in Hollywood is Alexis Jones, an author and co-founder of the nonprofit I Am That Girl. Jones is "an activist trying to stop athletes from committing sexual harassment, sexual abuse and domestic violence," per Holmes, and I Am That Girl "aims to empower women."

The incident reportedly happened Sunday evening, when Jones and her 68-year-old mother were stopped at an intersection near La Brea and Melrose avenues. Jones said a Jeep carrying four men pulled up alongside their car, and the men then made "vulgar, sexual" gestures toward her mother, per Holmes.

Jones took pictures of the alleged offenders and pos ...

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