Angel Reese and his Chicago Sky teammates claim relentless cameraman was harassed Chennedy Carter Wednesday outside their hotel in Washington, D.C…. praising their security guards for stepping in and defusing the situation.
A number of Sky fans took to her with Carter. recent flagrant foul on the Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark during the weekend.
It appears the account that posted the original video of the blog reporter asking Chennedy Carter questions has been taken down.
Here is the video of what happened in today’s incident involving Chennedy Carter, Angel Reese, Chicago Sky and Caitlin Clark. pic.twitter.com/EVWIn5g9cS
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A clip of the alleged moment was briefly posted on the photographer’s social media account… but was later deleted.
Although the video doesn’t appear to show anything like a standard conversation with a paparazzi, Michaela Onyenwere alleges that several derogatory comments were removed.
Chennedy Carter scores and shoulders Caitlin Clarkpic.twitter.com/nQxkw1rvhH
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“It’s interesting how the video released was edited and doesn’t include the moment he harassed our staff by calling us ‘ghetto assholes’ and saying ‘women’s sports ain’t shit'” , said Onyenwere.
“We’re not going to normalize things like this.”
Reese also commented on the whole ordeal… saying, “Finding our team’s hotel to shoot a camera when we get off the bus and shoving it in my teammates’ faces and harassing her is nasty work.”
“This is seriously out of control and we need to STOP.”
Dealing with cameras is something that comes with being a famous athlete… but it’s clear that the Sky players felt the experience was simply unprofessional.
“WOW!!! Thank GOD for the safety”, Sky Forward Isabelle Harrison added on social networks. “My teammate is being harassed in our hotel, it’s crazy! I couldn’t even get off the bus!!!”
Sky GM Jeff Pagliocca said ESPN the police were not called to the scene… because the security team was able to prevent the interaction from getting even further out of control.