WNBA player Sophie Cunningham says she has a round-the-clock security team after becoming more recognizable in the past year.
Cunningham, a guard on the Indiana Fever, entered the spotlight during this past season when she said biological men don’t belong in women’s sports.
On the Monday episode of the “No Hesitation” podcast, Cunningham told the hosts that she began to get more recognized “everywhere.”
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She added that having a security team hurts her “regular routine.”
Her comments about hiring a security team follow Cunningham recently telling podcast host Theo Von on Oct. 28 that she has been dealing with stalkers.
“There’s also a lot of kind of crazy people too,” Cunningham said. “We do have a lot of stalkers, I know I do. … And that’s the negative side of things that people don’t think about. … I have 20, I think, people kind of that the FBI are watching for me.”
One of the people following her, Kevin Singh, was arrested on charges of stalking and intimidation in June, according to The Associated Press. Singh hand-delivered a package to her home arena that contained a letter and T-shirt sprayed with cologne, according to an affidavit.
Cunningham became more of a prominent figure in July, when she told ESPN that she wants to “protect young girls in sport who shouldn’t have to go against biological men,” sparking cheers among conservatives and debate within the WNBA along with protests at games.
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