{"id":22704,"date":"2025-08-07T05:06:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T09:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/wnba-scandal-sex-toy-interrupts-game-what-happened\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T05:06:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T09:06:29","slug":"wnba-scandal-sex-toy-interrupts-game-what-happened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wnba\/wnba-scandal-sex-toy-interrupts-game-what-happened\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA Scandal: Sex toy interrupts game, what happened?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sex Toy Interrupts WNBA Game: Another Incident in the League<\/h2>\n\nAn unusual incident shook the match between the Indiana Fever and the Los Angeles Sparks last Tuesday, when an object, apparently a sex toy, was thrown from the stands and landed near Indiana player Sophie Cunningham. This event adds to a series of similar interruptions that have affected the WNBA in recent days, generating concern for the safety of the players and respect for the game.\n\nThe incident at the Crypto.com Arena occurred 2:05 minutes into the second quarter. The object, green in color, fell near Cunningham, who had previously expressed concern on social media about this type of action by fans.\n\nAfter the launch, Cunningham reacted with surprise and Kelsey Plum, from the Sparks, removed the object from the court.\n\n\n

I think it’s ridiculous, stupid. It’s also dangerous and the safety of the players comes first. Respect the game. All those things. I think it’s really stupid.<\/p>Lynne Roberts, Sparks coach<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nPlum added that both teams did a great job “following the game, without paying attention to it”.\n\nCunningham approached the Sparks’ bench, taking it with humor. The previous week, he had expressed his concern on social media, warning about the danger of these actions.\n\n\n

We don’t know who those people are… We come to play and people want to see us play. I think it’s that simple, and we can’t control everyone’s actions.<\/p>Stephanie White, Fever coach<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nAccording to social media reports, similar incidents occurred in Phoenix and New York on the same Tuesday, although the objects did not reach the court. In New York, the object fell near a child.\n\nThe first incident was recorded the previous week in Atlanta, during the match between Dream and Golden State. Delbert Carver, allegedly responsible for the incident, was arrested and faces charges of disorderly conduct, indecent exposure, and trespassing.\n\nOn Friday, a sex toy was thrown in Chicago, interrupting the game between Golden State and Sky. An official removed the object from the court.\n\nIt is unknown whether the person responsible for the incident in Chicago was arrested.\n\nThe WNBA issued a statement emphasizing the priority of safety in its arenas. The league warned that any fan who throws objects onto the court will be immediately ejected and face a minimum one-year suspension, in addition to possible legal action.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sex Toy Interrupts WNBA Game: Another Incident in the League An unusual incident shook the match between the Indiana Fever and the Los Angeles Sparks last Tuesday, when an object, apparently a sex toy, was thrown from the stands and landed near Indiana player Sophie Cunningham. This event adds to a series of similar interruptions […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[3281,856,6733,382],"class_list":{"0":"post-22704","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-arrests","9":"tag-court","10":"tag-sex-toy","11":"tag-wnba"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}