Chicago Sky players claimed that a man harassed them late Tuesday night as they attempted to exit their team bus. Specifically, the players claimed the man targeted Chennedy Carter, the player who knocked Caitlin Calrk to the ground last weekend.
Now, a video of the incident has surfaced.
In the footage, posted by the blog reporter who filmed it, shows him attempting to ask Carter questions before a security guard intervened.
It appears the account that posted the original video of the blog reporter asking Chennedy Carter questions got nuked.
— Adam Stroller (@StrollerAdam) June 6, 2024
Here is the video of what transpired during the incident today regarding Chennedy Carter, Angel Reese, Chicago Sky, and Caitlin Clark. pic.twitter.com/EVWIn5g9cS
What the video does not show is the man confronting the women on the bus, as Isabelle Harrison claimed.
WOW!!! Thank GOD for security. My teammate being harassed at our hotel is insane! Couldn’t even step off the bus!!!
— Isabelle Harrison (@OMG_itsizzyb) June 5, 2024
In addition, the video does not show the blogger putting the phone in the face of Chennedy Carter, as Angel Reese described it.
finding out our teams hotel to pull with a camera as we get off the bus and put it in my teammates face & HARASS her is NASTY WORK. this really is outta control and needs to STOP.
— Angel Reese (@Reese10Angel) June 5, 2024
What the video shows is a fairly normal attempt of a citizen journalist to get a quote from an athlete. It certainly wasn’t anything more intrusive than what TMZ reporters do daily or what sports fans at games do regularly.
Sky player Michaela Onyewere claimed that the video was edited.
“Interesting how the video posted was edited and doesn’t include when he harassed our staff while calling us “ghetto b******” and saying “women’s sports isn’t s***-. We are not about to normalize things like that,” she wrote on X.
Interesting how the video posted was edited and doesn’t include when he harassed our staff while calling us “ghetto b******” and saying “women’s sports isn’t s***”.
— Michaela Onyenwere (@monyenwere_) June 6, 2024
We are not about to normalize things like that.
What’s also interesting is how all the players on the team have cell phones, and there’s no video of the incident from any player.