Worthy’s Name Surfaces in Portland Escort Case : NBA: The Laker is listed on the log of a service linked to prostitution, police say. He is not being investigated.

PORTLAND, Ore. —  James Worthy’s name appears on the log of an escort service linked to prostitution, Portland police said today.

The Lakers forward pleaded innocent Tuesday in Houston to charges he solicited prostitution from two undercover police officers.

Worthy allegedly called an escort service that was being monitored by police. He was arrested last week before a game with the Houston Rockets.

Police made no attempt earlier this year to pursue Worthy in the Portland case, Portland Police Bureau spokesman Dave Simpson said.

The detective who investigated the Portland case, Sgt. Rick Mosiman, said Worthy’s name appeared on the Feb. 6 log of Allstar Models and Escorts.

Police confirmed with officials at a local Marriott hotel that Worthy stayed in the room listed next to his name in the log, Mosiman said.

Police seized the log in a raid on Allstar Models and Escorts, he said.

The service’s operator, Valerie Ann Walton, 24, and her sister, Marla Walton, 22, later were convicted of promoting prostitution, Mosiman said.

In the course of a three-month police investigation of Allstar Models, an undercover police officer also arrested two customers, he said.

But there never was any direct evidence that Worthy solicited sex from any of the women who worked for the Waltons, Mosiman said.

He also said Worthy was the only professional athlete identified as a possible customer of the service.