Newport Beach police investigate claim Thunder guard Josh Giddey had improper relationship with minor

An investigation by Newport Seaside police into allegations that an NBA participant had an inappropriate relationship with an underage lady continues Wednesday the division confirmed. 

Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder guard Josh Giddey, 21, declined to touch upon the state of affairs when questioned about it throughout a follow on Friday.

The NBA additionally stated it’s investigating. “We’re trying into it,” Michael Bass, an NBA spokesman, stated Friday. 

Giddey had no remark when questioned Friday at follow. “Yeah, I imply, I perceive the query, clearly,” he stated. “However there is no additional remark proper now.”

Thunder coach Mark Daigneault stated it was a private matter and that he had no remark.

There aren’t many particulars in regards to the allegations, however questions arose over the Thanksgiving weekend when photographs circulated on-line of Giddey with a feminine. In a since-deleted social media put up, an nameless person alleged that the lady within the photographs was a junior in highschool.

Newport Seaside police Sgt. Steve Oberon issued a press release Wednesday saying authorities are “conscious of data being circulated on-line involving an alleged relationship between skilled basketball participant Josh Giddey and a feminine minor.”

Oberon stated detectives have been “actively looking for extra data associated to those allegations and pursuing all leads and proof to acquire the information of the case.”

Oberon stated the division “goals to make sure a good and thorough investigative course of whereas sustaining the privateness and dignity of everybody concerned.”

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