Third sex toy in seven days thrown onto court during WNBA game
The latest incident comes after a man was arrested on Saturday for throwing a sex toy onto the court during a WNBA match between the Atlanta Dream and Golden State Valkyries on July 30 in Atlanta.
Delbert Carver, 23, was charged with disorderly conduct, public indecency or indecent exposure and criminal trespass.
On Saturday (AEST), a second toy was thrown onto the court in Chicago during the Valkyries' match against Chicago Sky. Chicago police said they had not received any complaints about that incident and no arrests were made.
The third event, on Wednesday (AEST), occurred just before the end of the first half in the match between Indiana Fever and the LA Sparks in Los Angeles. The sex toy was thrown onto the court as LA Sparks guard Kelsey Plum was shooting a free throw. It landed at the feet of Fever star Sophie Cunningham, a player who has been vocal about her distaste for the trend.
After the second incident in Chicago, Cunningham posted on X saying, 'Stop throwing dildos on the court... you're going to hurt one of us.'
Plum kicked the object off the court, to a chorus of boos from fans. She said afterwards that both teams had done a great job of 'playing on, don't give it any attention. The refs, too, I really appreciate them, too. [They were] just like, 'Hey, let's go'.'
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