OKC Thunder guard Josh Giddey received’t be dealing with any legal fees over his alleged improper relationship with an underage woman, Newport Police Division introduced on Wednesday.
“After a radical and exhaustive examination, we’ve got accomplished our investigation into data that was circulating on social media involving Josh Giddey. Our detectives have reviewed all the obtainable data and have been unable to corroborate any legal exercise associated to Mr. Giddey,” the press launch said. “The Newport Seashore Police Division is dedicated to making sure that correct data is disseminated to the general public, whereas additionally guaranteeing the rights of all these concerned.”
In November of final yr, an X consumer posted of photographs and movies of Giddey with a lady that was a highschool junior on the time that went utterly viral.
The account has since been deactivated.
The submit prompted the investigation and Newport Seashore police stated on Nov. 29 that stated, partially, that the division was “actively searching for extra data associated to those allegations and pursuing all leads and proof to acquire the details of the case.”
The 21-year-old might nonetheless face disciplinary motion from the NBA, since gamers don’t should be criminally charged to be fined or suspended.
In early December, NBA commissioner Adam Silver stated that the league would let the investigation run it’s course.
“Usually, we are going to work with legislation enforcement to the extent they’ll share with us the knowledge they’ve,” Silver stated throughout his Las Vegas information convention earlier than the NBA’s in-season match ultimate. “We will study from that. We collect no matter data is accessible to us, in working alongside a police division on this case, or a D.A. So long as they are saying that we aren’t interfering with their investigation, we do what we are able to on the similar time. However usually, we fall in behind any investigation after which go from there.”