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Chicago Sky owner Michael Alter calls Enes Kanter Freedom lawsuit meritless and frivolous

Chicago Sky owner Michael Alter calls Enes Kanter Freedom's lawsuit meritless and frivolous.

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Chicago Sky owner Michael Alter said on 2026-09-04 that the lawsuit filed by former NBA center Enes Kanter Freedom is 'meritless and frivolous.' [1] Enes Kanter Freedom filed a lawsuit on 2026-09-03 in U.S. District Court in Illinois alleging his First Amendment rights were violated when he was ejected from the Chicago Sky's WNBA game against the Indiana Fever on 2026-08-23, and seeking damages and removal of his ban from Wintrust Arena. [2] Enes Kanter Freedom filed a lawsuit on Sept. 3, 2024, against Chicago Women's Basketball Operations, LLC (which operates the Chicago Sky), the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, and the City of Chicago over his ejection and ban from a WNBA game. [3] During the game on 2026-08-23, Freedom was ejected after being confronted by Sky guard Natasha Cloud late in the third quarter; he was wearing a black shirt reading 'WOMAN noun. adult human female,' and Cloud yelled and pointed at him before security and players intervened. [4] Security escorted Enes Kanter Freedom out of Wintrust Arena after an altercation occurred between him and Chicago Sky guard Natasha Cloud during the Aug. 23, 2024, game. [5] The lawsuit filed by Enes Kanter Freedom alleges that the three entities conspired to discriminate against him based on his 'verbal and demonstrable expression of viewpoint and gender identity' by wrongfully ejecting him from the Chicago Sky vs. Indiana Fever game on Aug. 23, 2024, at Wintrust Arena. [6]
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  1. Chicago Sky owner Michael Alter said on 2026-09-04 that the lawsuit filed by former NBA center Enes Kanter Freedom is 'meritless and frivolous.' · Winnipeg Free Press
  2. Enes Kanter Freedom filed a lawsuit on 2026-09-03 in U.S. District Court in Illinois alleging his First Amendment rights were violated when he was ejected from the Chicago Sky's WNBA game against the Indiana Fever on 2026-08-23, and seeking damages and removal of his ban from Wintrust Arena. · Winnipeg Free Press
  3. Enes Kanter Freedom filed a lawsuit on Sept. 3, 2024, against Chicago Women's Basketball Operations, LLC (which operates the Chicago Sky), the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, and the City of Chicago over his ejection and ban from a WNBA game. · ZeroHedgeUnited States
  4. During the game on 2026-08-23, Freedom was ejected after being confronted by Sky guard Natasha Cloud late in the third quarter; he was wearing a black shirt reading 'WOMAN noun. adult human female,' and Cloud yelled and pointed at him before security and players intervened. · Winnipeg Free Press
  5. Security escorted Enes Kanter Freedom out of Wintrust Arena after an altercation occurred between him and Chicago Sky guard Natasha Cloud during the Aug. 23, 2024, game. · ZeroHedgeUnited States
  6. The lawsuit filed by Enes Kanter Freedom alleges that the three entities conspired to discriminate against him based on his 'verbal and demonstrable expression of viewpoint and gender identity' by wrongfully ejecting him from the Chicago Sky vs. Indiana Fever game on Aug. 23, 2024, at Wintrust Arena. · ZeroHedgeUnited States
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