Check out how Richard Jefferson responds to the alleged television spanking of Chiney Ogwumike butt
Richard Jefferson has regularly piqued the interest of NBA fans with his outlandish remarks and risk-taking NBA moves.
The former player-turned-analyst, though, is required to address a matter this week after being accused of engaging in sexual activity with a co-host.
Jefferson was accused of acting improperly towards another analyst, Chiney Ogwumike, on live air. An NBA fan recently obtained a video showing Jefferson appearing to hit his co-host in the butt.
As she moved away from him, Jefferson on the scene made a sign indicating that he was going to hit her on the butt.
Richard Jefferson denies spanking Chiney Ogwumike butt on live TV as video goes viral
Did Richard Jefferson just smack her ass?? On live TV?? 😂😂😂 I know he’s been dying to do that and I don’t blame him pic.twitter.com/QjWxynB2Uh
— KUSH DRAGON (@kushdragon_) March 16, 2023
The 42-year-old denied all of it, claiming that he loved his profession too much to act in such a way.
God No…. I like my job. I’m crazy not stupid. Even though she did faked the 🙏🏽🤬 https://t.co/nqDlOI2IBM
— Richard Jefferson (@Rjeff24) March 22, 2023
It is clear from the example above that nothing happened. ESPN would have already suspended Jefferson and possibly fired him if that were the case.
When he was 38 years old, Jefferson announced his NBA retirement in 2018. The Arizona native spent his first seven seasons with the New Jersey Nets, where he helped them to back-to-back NBA Finals in his first two seasons after being taken with the 13th overall pick in the 2001 draft.
The 6’7″ forward played for eight teams throughout his 17-year career, helping five of them make the playoffs. He made it to twelve postseasons.
With the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2016, he captured an NBA title. Additionally, he was a part of the American national team that took home a bronze medal from the 2004 Summer Olympics.
American former professional basketball player Richard Allen Jefferson Jr. was born on June 21, 1980. He currently works as an ESPN sports analyst.
Jefferson began working for the YES Network as the Nets’ game and studio analyst on October 16, 2018. Additionally, he provides basketball analysis for FS1, ESPN, and the Pac-12 Network.
During the 2017 campaign, Jefferson, former Cavaliers sideline reporter turned Lakers presenter Allie Clifton, and teammate and close friend Channing Frye started co-hosting the podcast Road Trippin’.
The earliest episodes of the podcast, many of which were produced while on the road, frequently included Jefferson’s Cavaliers colleagues.