With each passing day, the sex scandal coming out of Louisville's basketball program is taking a new turn, and now it's starting to involve some NBA players trying to make it in the pros. A pair of Celtics rookies have been named as participants in the extravagant sex and stripper parties the team threw for players and recruits.
Boston rookies Terry Rozier and Jordan Mickey have both been named as among the players who had sex withe escorts during recruiting trips to Louisville, reports the Boston Globe.
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The allegations came to light after Katrina Powell, a 42-year-old former escort, penned "Breaking Cardinal Rules: Basketball and the Escort Queen" about sex parties on the Louisville campus. Powell named Rozier and Mickey in both the book and a recent bombshell report from ESPN's Outside the Lines in which five other players admitted to the same kind of sensual treatment when visiting on recruiting trips between 2010 and 2014.
Rozier attending Louisvile for two years before becoming the 16th pick in the 2015 NBA draft. Mickey skipped Louisville for LSU, where he also played for two years before going as the 33rd pick in the 2015 draft.
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Neither Rozier nor Mickey were present to comment on the allegations during the Celtics annual Shamrock Gala at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel on Tuesday, but coach Brad Stevens said he was "saddened" by the situation.
"Obviously it's something that any time you see allegations of that regard, just from the whole big picture of everything that's been alleged, it just saddens you. But I have not talked to them today, no."
However, Rozier had previously commented on Powell's book, telling ESPN, "I don't want to talk about it. ... I was already committed before I took my visit."
As details continue to emerge around the recruiting scandal from one of the nation's preeminent college basketball programs, things seem to only be getting worse. Now that the rumors are effecting NBA-level players, matters could get more complicated. Both players are still trying to figure out their places on the team and in the league, and though Stevens continued to be vague with his comments, the Boston Globe reports he's "unsure how the scandal would affect them going forward."
"Obviously, those guys, they'll have to answer that for you," Stevens said. "I think that they'll answer the way that however they feel they need to and they'll handle it the way they need to."
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