Sophie Cunningham revealed the FBI is watching roughly twenty people connected to threats against her.
The confession came days after Indiana prosecutors charged a man for stalking her with increasingly threatening messages.
Cunningham says none of it will stop her from standing up for one specific group of Americans.
The Package That Showed Up With a Cologne Soaked Guns N' Roses Shirt
Cunningham told Theo Von on his podcast she thinks the FBI is tracking about twenty people tied to threats against her.
She laughed it off, joking she wasn't sure she was allowed to say the number out loud.
Then she got serious.
"We do have a lot of stalkers," Cunningham said. "I know I do."
One of them is 48-year-old Kevin Singh, an Indiana man now facing felony stalking and intimidation charges following his arrest in June 2026.
The case traces back to September 2025, when Singh allegedly hand-delivered a package to Gainbridge Fieldhouse addressed simply to "Sophie."
Inside was a letter and a Guns N' Roses T-shirt doused in men's cologne.
Cunningham says she didn't learn about the broader online harassment until February 2026.
By April, Singh allegedly ramped things up with explicit messages on X, including one bragging that he lived down the street from her.
Her team sent a cease-and-desist letter on April 30.
Singh allegedly kept messaging her anyway, with the content growing more threatening right up until his arrest.
Marion County prosecutors say his behavior only intensified once team security got involved.
Indiana Felon Already On Probation When He Targeted Cunningham
Singh wasn't a stranger to the justice system when he allegedly set his sights on Cunningham.
He was already on probation in Hendricks County after pleading guilty in July 2025 to two felony counts of invasion of privacy.
Cunningham told investigators the ordeal has changed her daily life, including more nights spent at home and nightmares she didn't have before.
That's exactly why Cunningham's security team now treats every account that fixates on her as a potential threat rather than a nuisance.
Caitlin Clark and Paige Bueckers Faced the Same Threats Before Her
Cunningham isn't the first WNBA star to learn her platform comes with a target on her back.
A Texas man was charged with stalking Caitlin Clark after allegedly sending her sexually explicit messages and admitting he drove past her home more than once.
That arrest came about a month after a different man pleaded guilty to stalking UConn standout Paige Bueckers.
Indiana Fever guard Aliyah Boston has called the climate around the league "super scary."
New York Liberty star Breanna Stewart and her wife received threatening anonymous emails after a 2024 Finals game.
Connecticut Sun guard DiJonai Carrington has said she now has to watch for threats every time she's in public.
The league held a safety meeting for players after the pattern became too obvious to ignore.
Cunningham's situation sits alongside a separate Justice Department inquiry into Portland Thorns security forcibly removing women wearing "XX-XY" shirts from a game, another sign the fight over sex and sports has spilled well past the court.
None of these cases involve the same man or the same team, which is exactly the point.
Women who speak up in this league keep ending up with a stalker file instead of an apology from the people who should be protecting them.
Cunningham's Anthem Stand Is Already Paying a Price the League Won't Admit
None of that has pushed Cunningham toward silence, especially on the anthem.
Her comments landed as scrutiny grew over WNBA players stepping away from the national anthem during the Finals between the Atlanta Dream and the Golden State Valkyries.
Cunningham made clear she isn't interested in joining that trend.
"We have family members who have served," she said, explaining her reason for standing.
She said she's going to keep showing that support and keep giving veterans the respect she believes they've earned.
Cunningham acknowledged not every teammate or opponent sees it the way she does, and she said that's fine.
A woman already being tracked by the FBI for threats against her life just told the country she isn't backing down from this fight either.
Commissioner Cathy Engelbert's response to the broader fight Cunningham has picked was a memo asking teams to handle the subject with "integrity and respect."
Cunningham said that wasn't good enough and suggested the league needs a leader willing to actually take a stance and protect players.
Engelbert has since announced she's retiring once the 2026 season ends.
The league can hold all the safety meetings it wants.
It still produced a commissioner who wouldn't take a side and a player who won't stop taking hers.
Cunningham isn't asking her teammates to agree with her.
She's just refusing to let a stalker, or a league that stays quiet, decide what she's allowed to say about the people who served this country.
Sources:
- Rusty Weiss, "Sophie Cunningham Reveals Shocking Toll for Defending Girls, Blasts Players Who Skip the Anthem," RedState, October 29, 2026.
- Fox News, "WNBA Players Reveal 'Super Scary' Privacy and Security Fears After Caitlin Clark Stalker Incident," Fox News, January 2025.
- Daily Wire, "WNBA's Anthem Controversy Is a Leadership Crisis and NBA Has a Problem on Its Hands," Daily Wire, 2026.
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