Development Company, a subsidiary of the Kevin Johnson Corp., and has run interference for his influential client ever since K.J.’s Phoenix playing days, even questioning Johnson’s underage accuser at St. HOPE before the police were contacted to investigate, according to reporting by The Sacramento Bee. “The same fixers he had in Sacramento with the sexual assault allegations were the same fixers he had with Mandi in Phoenix,” Deadspin’s McKenna said. “They travel. They travel and fix the same kind of situations.” The people around Johnson concern Koba, maybe even more than does the idea of Johnson occupying a position of power and influence in an industry with a young, mostly female staff. “What Kevin did, he’s one person,” she said. “But I think an even bigger issue are the people who enable him and protect him. …
Because it could’ve stopped with me. And I don’t think I was the first one, but it could’ve stopped with me.” But it’s also not just about K.J. and his helpers or hangers-on, Koba adds. It’s about you. It is, and always has been, about Sacramento. “I just want people to know that their voice matters,” she said. “Their choices matter, and complacency is dangerous. You all voted him in. You all affirmatively chose him to be your leader for a very long time. And now you could choose something else.” □
If you’ve been the victim of rape or sexual assault, you can contact the Rape Abuse and Incest National Network crisis line at (800) 656-HOPE or CALCASA Rape Prevention Resource Center at (916) 446-2520.
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