A video has surfaced of the alleged harassment in opposition to members of the WNBA’s Chicago Sky.
Jeff Pagliocca, the workforce’s normal supervisor, advised the Chicago Solar-Instances {that a} man with a digital camera had centered on Sky guard Chennedy Carter. When the workforce bus arrived, the person approached Carter and her teammates.
Within the video, a person is seen going as much as Carter, asking her whether or not she had “had an opportunity to achieve out to” Caitlin Clark. Carter had been assessed a flagrant foul after a blindside hip-check on the rookie phenom throughout their sport on Saturday.
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Michaela Onyenwere, #12 of the Chicago Sky, performs protection in the course of the sport in opposition to the Connecticut Solar on Might 25, 2024, on the Wintrust Enviornment in Chicago, Illinois. (Jeff Haynes/NBAE through Getty Photos)
The person requested Carter the query 4 instances, whereas a safety guard was blocking Carter from the digital camera.
Sky gamers have been vocal in regards to the incident whereas additionally praising safety, however when the video surfaced, they then claimed it had been edited.
“Fascinating how the video posted was edited and doesn’t embody when he harassed our workers whereas calling us “ghetto b—–s” and saying “girls’s sports activities isn’t s—. We aren’t about to normalize issues like that,” Michaela Onyenwere wrote on X, previously Twitter.
Pagliocca mentioned the scenario was “over as quick because it began.”
Angel Reese, #5 of the Chicago Sky, celebrates a basket with Michaela Onyenwere, #12, in opposition to the Indiana Fever in the course of the third quarter of the sport at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on June 1, 2024, in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Andy Lyons/Getty Photos)
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“I’m very assured in our safety at all times making our gamers really feel protected. As we speak was an excellent instance of how vital they’re to our workforce,” Pagliocca mentioned.
Onyenwere, Angel Reese and Isabelle Harrison shared their ideas on the incident, previous to the video surfacing.
“Discovering out our groups lodge to drag with a digital camera as we get off the bus and put it in my teammates face & HARASS her is NASTY WORK. this actually is outta management and must STOP,” Reese wrote.
“WOW!!! Thank GOD for safety. My teammate being harassed at our lodge is insane! Couldn’t even step off the bus!!!” Harrison added.
“Getting harassed at our lodge is the place the road must be drawn. Some ‘followers’ have NO CHILLLLL,” Onyenwere posted on X. “Now we have safety, they usually did an excellent job of de-escalating the scenario/defending us. It’s nonetheless extraordinarily bizarre & crosses the boundaries assembly us proper after we get off the bus.”
Indiana Fever guard Kelsey Mitchell (0) makes a transfer towards the basket whereas Chicago Sky ahead Michaela Onyenwere (12) defends throughout a WNBA basketball sport on Saturday, June 1, 2024, in Indianapolis. (AP Photograph/Doug McSchooler)
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The Sky have been in Washington, D.C., to tackle the Mystics. Their sport tipped off on Thursday at 7 p.m. ET.
Fox Information’ Ryan Gaydos and The Related Press contributed to this report.
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