The ladies’s basketball neighborhood has been rocked by the general public revelation of Caitlin Clark’s stalker. Different gamers within the sport at the moment are talking up about their very own fears and experiences with safety and privateness breaches. Information of Clark’s stalker got here out only one month after a person pleaded responsible to stalking UConn girls’s basketball star Paige Bueckers.
Forward of the opening week of the upstart 3-on-3 league, Unmatched, lots of the WNBA gamers collaborating spoke concerning the subject.
Connecticut Solar participant DiJonai Carrington, who gave Clark a black eye of their playoff sequence in September, advised The Related Press she has obtained cyberthreats and must be looking out for different threats when she goes out in public.
“It’s super unfortunate that it’s going on, but I think as the game grows, it’s going to continue to happen because some people are just crazy and aren’t in their right mind and need to be held accountable for those things,” Carrington stated. “But I don’t think it’s going to stop, honestly. We have to do stuff and go above and beyond and try to protect ourselves.”
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DiJonai Carrington (21) of the Connecticut Solar performs protection throughout a recreation towards the Indiana Fever throughout Recreation 1 of the primary spherical of the 2024 WNBA Playoffs Sept. 22, 2024, on the Mohegan Solar Area in Uncasville, Conn. (Chris Marion/NBAE by way of Getty Photographs)
New York Liberty star Breanna Stewart says she and different gamers have needed to be acutely aware of how they use social media to verify they are not making a gift of their whereabouts in actual time.
“We have a ton of security here, and you see them everywhere,” Stewart stated. “Making sure that whether we post pictures or social media, nothing is real time because that’s when it’s like they’re really able to figure out where you are.”
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Breanna Stewart and her spouse, Marta Xargay, had been victims through the WNBA Finals in October, receiving threatening nameless emails after Recreation 1.
Clark’s fever teammate, Aliyah Boston, referred to as the circumstances she and different gamers face “super scary.”
“It’s super scary, and I feel bad for Paige, Caitlin, (Breanna) and everyone’s family because that’s not something that you ever want to experience,” she stated. “But I think everyone around us do a great job of trying to make sure we feel safe and making sure that they’re responding to everything. If we’re unsure of anything, they are on it. They know exactly what to do.”
Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark towards the Dallas Wings within the second half in Indianapolis Sept. 15, 2024. (AP Picture/Michael Conroy, File)
Unmatched co-founder Napheesa Collier stated the league has had conferences with gamers lately.
“I think it’s scary. Just naturally, with us being more available to people, things like that happen,” Collier stated. “We did have a safety meeting the other day.”
The Texas man recognized as Clark’s alleged stalker, Michael Lewis, entered Marion County Superior Court docket, leaned again in his chair and advised Decide Angela Davis he was “guilty as charged,” earlier this week.
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Davis advised to Lewis he train his proper to stay silent and entered a not responsible plea on his behalf as a result of she wasn’t going to simply accept the rest in an preliminary listening to.
Lewis was ordered held on $50,000 bail and to steer clear of the Gainbridge Fieldhouse and the Hinkle Fieldhouse, the place the Fever and the Butler Bulldogs play, respectively. Clark’s boyfriend, Connor McCaffery, is an assistant with Butler’s males’s basketball staff.
Lewis, 55, was charged with stalking and threatening sexual battery or demise, FOX 59 reported, citing court docket paperwork. The cost is a felony, and he might resist six years in jail if convicted.
Caitlin Clark of the All Iowa Assault dribbles throughout an AAU recreation on the All Iowa Assault Basketball Fieldhouse April 22, 2017, in Ames, Iowa. (Luke Lu/Diamond Photographs by way of Getty Photographs)
Lewis allegedly despatched Clark sexually specific messages by means of his X account. One message stated he had been driving round her home a number of occasions and inspired her “not to call the law just yet.” He additionally allegedly spoke of going to a Fever recreation and sitting behind the bench.
Authorities stated they talked to Lewis concerning the messages Jan. 8, in accordance with the information station. He reportedly advised authorities he was going to Indianapolis for a trip and downplayed the variety of messages he despatched to the WNBA sharpshooter.
“It takes a lot of courage for women to come forward in these cases, which is why many don’t,” Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears stated, by way of FOX 59. “In doing so, the victim is setting an example for all women who deserve to live and work in Indy without the threat of sexual violence.”
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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