Sey’s Group Returns to Seats After WNBA Finals Confrontation

Jennifer Sey’s group returned to its seats at Chase Center after arena security spoke with them during a confrontation at Game 1 of the WNBA Finals, where video posted by Sey shows a spectator directing insults at the group and telling them to kill themselves. The encounter took place during the Golden State Valkyries’ 68-64 win over the Atlanta Dream. Sey, founder of XXXY Athletics, attended with friends wearing the company’s shirts, which oppose transgender athletes competing in women’s sports. The footage shows a spectator making hostile remarks as the group was moved from its seats to speak with security. In the recording, a staff member tells the group that other spectators had complained that the shirts were antagonizing them. Security said the clothing did not violate the venue’s Fan Code of Conduct and asked the group not to point the shirts toward other attendees, according to accounts of the video. The group was allowed to return to its seats. Sey said in a social media post that the video captured only part of the incident and that additional people had shouted at her group. The recording documents some of the exchange, but does not establish everything that...