{
  "id": 5677585,
  "title": "Chicago Sky calls Enes Kanter Freedom’s lawsuit ‘meritless and frivolous’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/chicago-sky-calls-enes-kanter-freedoms-lawsuit-meritless-and-frivolous",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-05T00:31:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/chicago-sky-calls-enes-kanter-003105607.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Chicago Sky owner Michael Alter dismissed a lawsuit filed by former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom on Friday, calling it \"meritless and frivolous.\" The lawsuit, filed in the U.S District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, alleges that the Sky violated Freedom's First Amendment rights when they ejected him from a game for wearing a shirt that called attention to transgender athletes' participation in women's sports. Alter stated in a statement that the lawsuit is false, as Freedom was only removed after he violated the fan code of conduct by rising, gesturing at a player, and stepping toward the court. Freedom's lawsuit seeks a declaration that his First Amendment rights were violated, a lifting of his indefinite ban from Wintrust Arena, and an award of nominal and compensatory damages.",
  "summary": "Chicago Sky owner Michael Alter responded Friday to a lawsuit filed a day earlier by former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom, a vocal opponent of transgender athletes’ participation in women’s sports. “We received word that the entity owning the Chicago Sky is being sued by Mr. Enes Kanter Freedom for allegedly violating his First Amendment rights. This lawsuit is meritless and frivolous,” Alter…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Sky owner Michael Alter calls Enes Kanter Freedom lawsuit ‘meritless and frivolous’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/sky-owner-michael-alter-calls-enes-kanter-freedom-lawsuit-meritless",
        "published": "2026-09-04T22:30:40.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}