Sophie Cunningham hit by sex toy in shocking WNBA incident? Fever player tweets exasperated 5-word reaction

A sex toy was thrown onto the court during an WNBA game between the Los Angeles Sparks and the Indiana Fever on Tuesday. This is the third such incident which has impacted the league over the past week.

The sex toy was thrown from the stands in Los Angeles as Indiana Fever played the LA Sparks during a WNBA match, hitting one of the star players on court. Was it targeting Fever player Sophie Cunningham, who called for people to stop throwing sex toys on the court last week?

Sophie Cunningham breaks silence on sex toy incident

WNBA star Sophie Cunningham was quick to react after she was hit with what appeared to be a sex toy during Indiana Fever's 100-91 defeat to the Los Angeles Sparks. Fever player Sophie Cunningham appeared to flinch when the green sex toy made contact with her during the second quarter of the clash, before Kelsey Plum kicked it into the stands.


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Cunningham took to X (formerly Twitter) to react to the incident and took what you might called an exasperated route: She quote-tweeted original "you're going to hurt one of us" message and added, "This did NOT age well."


Was the latest WNBA sex toy incident specifically targeting Sophie Cunningham after her tweet? The answer is nothing is confirmed as of now.

While the first incident of its kind happened last week during the fourth quarter of the Dream’s game against Golden State in Georgia, the second occurred last Friday in Chicago, during the third quarter of Golden State’s 73-66 victory over the Sky.

“The safety and well-being of everyone in our arenas is a top priority for our league. Objects of any kind thrown onto the court or in the seating area can pose a safety risk for players, game officials, and fans,” a statement from the league read.

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“In line with WNBA Arena Security Standards, any fan who intentionally throws an object onto the court will be immediately ejected and face a minimum one-year ban in addition to being subject to arrest and prosecution by local authorities.”

Sophie Cunningham spoke in depth about the issue during an episode of the ‘Show Me Something’ podcast.

“I was thinking about like, if someone threw that thing and like, first of all, the bounce that that thing had, if that smacks someone in the face, you know that's gonna be plastered everywhere,” Cunningham said.

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“I just know how things go viral now. And I just know that thing like, even came from like the rafters or bounced and just slapped me right in the face. That would be what I'd be known for, for life. So I was just trying to protect all of our images.”

According to reports, a Georgia man was arrested for allegedly throwing a sex toy onto the floor of a WNBA game last week.

Police said he was arrested for throwing a sex toy onto the court during the Atlanta Dream's win over the Phoenix Mercury on Friday.