Chicago Sky players claim they were harassed by a man as they were exiting the team bus late Tuesday night. Specifically, they say the man targeted player Chennedy Carter, who slammed Kaitlyn Kalk to the ground last weekend.
Now, a video of the incident has been released.
Footage taken by the blogger and posted by him shows the journalist attempting to question Carter before security intervenes.
The account that posted the original video of the blogger questioning Chennedy Carter appears to have been deleted.
Below is video of the events that took place during today’s incident involving Chennedy Carter, Angel Reese, Chicago Skye and Kaitlyn Clark. pic.twitter.com/EVWIn5g9cS
— Adam Stroller (@StrollerAdam) June 6, 2024
The video does not show the men confronting the women on the bus, as Isabel Harrison has alleged.
Wow! Thanks security. It’s crazy that my teammates are being harassed in the hotel! They can’t even get off the bus!
— Isabel Harrison (@OMG_itsizzyb) June 5, 2024
Additionally, the video does not show the blogger shoving a cell phone in Chennedy Carter’s face, as described by Angel Reese.
“It’s really disgusting that people are taking cameras into the team hotel when they get off the bus and shoving them in their teammates’ faces to harass them. This is really outrageous and it needs to stop.”
— Angel Reese (@Reese10Angel) June 5, 2024
What we see in this video is a routine attempt by a citizen journalist to extract comment from an athlete — no more intrusive than what TMZ reporters do every day, or what sports fans do regularly at games.
Sky player Michaela Onyewere claimed the video had been edited.
“It’s interesting that the video posted was edited to not include the clips of him harassing our staff, calling them ‘ghetto sluts’ and saying ‘women’s sports is bullshit and we are not going to normalize this,'” she wrote to X.
It’s interesting that the video posted was edited to not include the footage of him harassing our staff, calling them “ghetto bitches” and saying “women’s sports is shit.”
We’re not going to normalize that sort of thing.
— Michaela Onyenwere (@monyenwere_) June 6, 2024
What’s even more interesting is that, even though every player on the team has a cell phone, no one took any video of the incident.
