Cavaliers’ Jones Part of Investigation

Cleveland Cavalier guard Damon Jones has been interviewed by police after an Arizona woman reported a possible sexual offense.

Jones denied wrongdoing Tuesday in Cleveland.

“I am fully aware of the false accusations that have been made against me,” Jones said. “I’ve been very cooperative with the Westlake police and their investigation of this whole matter.

“When the investigation is over I feel like I will be vindicated of all charges. Until the investigation is over I will not be making any more public statements because I don’t want to put the Westlake police’s investigation in any jeopardy at all.”

Earlier in the day, police in Westlake -- a suburb 15 miles west of Cleveland -- released a statement saying they were investigating a possible sex offense.

According to an incident report, the alleged offense is to have occurred late Friday or early Saturday and did not involve a weapon.

Police would not identify the person who filed the complaint or say how or even if it involved Jones. The team said it would not comment during the investigation.

Jones, 29, was signed by Cleveland last summer.

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Utah held off the Orlando Magic, 90-85, Monday night, but Jazz owner Larry Miller was extremely unhappy during and after the game.

Miller, fuming with the game tied at 85-85 with 28 seconds left and the Jazz having blown a 20-point lead in the midst of one-for-14 fourth-quarter shooting, stormed across the court and summoned team president Dennis Haslam and General Manager Kevin O’Connor from the stands for an angry discussion. He then walked toward the bench to glare at the players and later headed to the locker room to deliver some pointed comments to the team.

“They are a bunch of pampered babies,” Miller said. “We need some guys with some guts and some fire down the stretch. It wouldn’t hurt me to turn over all 15 guys, but the trading deadline has passed and there’s nothing we can do.”

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From Times Wire Reports