Former NBA star and human-rights activist Enes Kanter Freedom has filed a federal lawsuit after he was ejected from a Chicago Sky game for daring to wear a shirt stating a basic biological fact.
The 15-page complaint was filed Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Freedom named Chicago Women’s Basketball Operations, LLC, the company operating the Chicago Sky, the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, and the City of Chicago as defendants.
The lawsuit seeks injunctive relief and damages and demands a jury trial.
Freedom announced the legal action on X:
“Just filed a federal complaint.
“I’m taking legal action over my ejection from the @chicagosky game while peacefully exercising my First Amendment rights.
“My T-shirt did what the whole @WNBA apparently couldn’t: define a woman.
“No threats. No violence. Just biology. And somehow, that required a security escort.
“You don’t have to agree with my speech, but you don’t get to silence me for it.
“I will not be intimidated. I will not be silenced. I will continue to stand for women and defend free speech.”
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