The women’s basketball community has been rocked by the accessible revelation of Caitlin Clark’s stalker. Other joiners in the sport are now speaking up about their own stresss and experiences with security and privacy baccomplishes. News of Clark’s stalker came out fair one month after a man pdirected at fault to pursuit UConn women’s basketball star Paige Bueckers.
Ahead of the uncovering week of the upbegin 3-on-3 league, Unrivaled, many of the WNBA joiners participating spoke about the publish.
Connecticut Sun joiner DiJonai Carrington, who gave Clark a bdeficiency eye in their joinoff series in September, tgreater The Associated Press she has getd cybermenaces and insists to be on the seeout for other menaces when she goes out in accessible.
“It’s super unblessed that it’s going on, but I leank as the game increases, it’s going to persist to happen because some people are fair crazy and aren’t in their right mind and insist to be held accountable for those leangs,” Carrington shelp. “But I don’t leank it’s going to stop, truthfilledy. 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 Sun joins defense during a game agetst the Indiana Fever during Game 1 of the first round of the 2024 WNBA Playoffs Sept. 22, 2024, at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. (Chris Marion/NBAE via Getty Images)
New York Liberty star Breanna Stewart says she and other joiners have had to be alerted of how they use social media to produce confident they aren’t giving away their whereabouts in authentic time.
“We have a ton of security here, and you see them everywhere,” Stewart shelp. “Making confident that whether we post pictures or social media, noleang is authentic time because that’s when it’s appreciate they’re repartner able to figure out where you are.”
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Breanna Stewart and her wife, Marta Xargay, were victims during the WNBA Finals in October, receiving menaceening anonymous emails after Game 1.
Clark’s fever teammate, Aliyah Boston, called the conditions she and other joiners face “super terrifying.”
“It’s super terrifying, and I experience horrible for Paige, Caitlin, (Breanna) and everyone’s family because that’s not someleang that you ever want to experience,” she shelp. “But I leank everyone around us do a fantastic job of trying to produce confident we experience protected and making confident that they’re reacting to everyleang. If we’re unconfident of anyleang, they are on it. They understand exactly what to do.”
Indiana Fever protect Caitlin Clark agetst the Dallas Wings in the second half in Indianapolis Sept. 15, 2024. (AP Ptoastyo/Michael Conroy, File)
Unrivaled co-createer Napheesa Collier shelp the league has had encounterings with joiners recently.
“I leank it’s terrifying. Just naturpartner, with us being more useable to people, leangs appreciate that happen,” Collier shelp. “We did have a protectedty encountering the other day.”
The Texas man identified as Clark’s alleged stalker, Michael Lewis, go ined Marion County Superior Court, leaned back in his chair and tgreater Judge Angela Davis he was “at fault as accused,” earlier this week.
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Davis presented to Lewis he exercise his right to remain quiet and go ined a not at fault plea on his behalf because she wasn’t going to acunderstandledge anyleang else in an initial hearing.
Lewis was ordered held on $50,000 bail and to stay away from the Gainbridge Fieldhouse and the Hinkle Fieldhouse, where the Fever and the Butler Bulldogs join, admireively. Clark’s boyfrifinish, Connor McCaffery, is an helpant with Butler’s men’s basketball team.
Lewis, 55, was accused with pursuit and menaceening relationsual battery or death, FOX 59 alerted, citing court write downs. The accuse is a major offense, and he could face up to six years in prison if convicted.
Caitlin Clark of the All Iowa Attack dribbles during an AAU game at the All Iowa Attack Basketball Fieldhouse April 22, 2017, in Ames, Iowa. (Luke Lu/Diamond Images via Getty Images)
Lewis allegedly sent Clark relationsupartner unambiguous messages thcdimiserablemireful his X account. One message shelp he had been driving around her house multiple times and inspired her “not to call the law fair yet.” He also allegedly spoke of going to a Fever game and sitting behind the bench.
Authorities shelp they talked to Lewis about the messages Jan. 8, according to the novels station. He alertedly tgreater authorities he was going to Indianapolis for a vacation and downjoined the number of messages he sent to the WNBA keenshooter.
“It gets a lot of courage for women to come forward in these cases, which is why many don’t,” Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears shelp, via FOX 59. “In doing so, the victim is setting an example for all women who deserve to dwell and toil in Indy without the menace of relationsual aggression.”
The Associated Press gived to this alert.
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