Over the last week, the WNBA, the top women’s basketball league in the U.S, has seen several incidents of sex toys being thrown onto the court.
Now, a spokesperson for a cryptocurrency memecoin has claimed responsibility.
Here’s what to know.
Context
There have been at least three instances of attendees throwing sex toys onto the court during WNBA games in the last few days.
The latest incident occurred in Los Angeles on Tuesday night (local time), during a game between the Indiana Fever and the LA Sparks.
The game was briefly halted when a sex toy was thrown at the court late in the second quarter, almost striking Fever player Sophie Cunningham.
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The WNBA responded by re-stating its policy that anyone who throws objects onto the court will be ejected from the game, banned for at least one year, and could face legal action.
On her podcast this week, Cunningham said: “How are we ever going to get taken seriously?”
Minnesota Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve said: “Sexualisation... is what’s used to hold women down and this is no different, this is just the latest version.”
Crypto link
In an interview with newspaper USA Today, an anonymous spokesperson for the cryptocurrency meme coin ‘Green Dildo Coin’ claimed responsibility.
According to the spokesperson, the coin was launched in late July as a protest against “toxic” crypto culture, and the incidents were intended to draw attention to the coin.
“We didn’t do this because like we dislike women’s sports… Creating disruption at games is like, it happens in every single sport… Fans doing random things to more or less create attention,” they said.
