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New York police are asking for the public to identify a man accused of having thrown an adult toy who hit a 12 -year -old girl at A Liberty game in Brooklyn earlier this month.
Friday, NyPD Crime Stoppers published a video on X showing the alleged suspect, who is wanted for assault following an incident Wgb Match on August 5.
NYPD Crime Stoppers shared images showing the alleged suspect, which is wanted for assault following an incident in a New York Liberty match on August 5, 2025. (NYPD Crime Stoppers)
According to the post, the man “launched an object which struck a 12 -year -old victim at the right leg”.
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Adult toys have been launched in at least six WNBA games in the past two weeks. The first occurred in a match in Atlanta on July 29. This happened for the first time in Chicago on August 1, in Los Angeles last week – almost striking Indiana fever Guard Sophie Cunningham – and again in Chicago on Thursday.
Sexual toys were also said to have been launched in matches in New York and Phoenix on Tuesday last week, but did not seem to reach the court. An 18 -year -old man was arrested and charged as a result of the incident In Phoenix. A man in Georgia was also arrested as part of the first incident in Atlanta.
The Indiana Cunningham (8) fever goalkeeper left the court after the match against the Sparks of the Crypto.com Arena on August 5, 2025. (Images Kirby Lee / Imagn)
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The Liberty did not immediately respond to a request for comments, but a spokesperson told NBC New York that they worked with the police.
“All we can share at the moment is that there is an investigation in progress and that we cooperate with the police,” said the spokesperson.
The WNBA adopted an active approach to obscene behavior during its games, threatening legal measures and prosecution, a spokesperson for the PK Press Club Digital in a statement.
A view of a Wilson basketball and the Dallas wings logo during the match between the wings and the Indiana Fever at the American Airlines Center on June 27, 2025. (Jerome Miron / Imagn images)
“The security of all in our arenas remains an absolute priority. We are working in close collaboration with local and federal police to pursue all appropriate actions – including arrest and prosecution with crime accusations if necessary – against any person committed in this conduct or otherwise involved in the sponsorship of this imprudent and unacceptable behavior”, said the press release.
An anonymous person linked to a crypto group claimed the responsibility of at least certain incidents, but the WNBA did not respond to requests for comments concerning the validity of these complaints.
