Anneli Maley accuses social media followers of Andrew Bogut of threatening her
An Australian Opal has accused online followers of Andrew Bogut of threatening her with physical violence over the debate regarding a trans participant in the women’s NBL1 competition.
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Young Australian Opals star Anneli Maley has accused social media followers of Australian basketball great Andrew Bogut of threatening her with physical violence.
Maley hit out at Bogut earlier this month when he revealed transgender athlete Lexi Rodgers had applied to play in the women’s NBL1 competition and publicly invited the Sydney Kings’ part owner to discuss the issue with her.
The pair had agreed to speak on the Rogue Bogues Podcast but, in a back and forth on Instagram, Bogut first hit out at Maley for not going through with the interview but she responded by saying her safety had been compromised.
“People that follow YOU showed up at MY HOUSE. I received Hundreds of physical threats,” she posted on Instagram.
“I decided not to have a conversation with you because after a few social media posts I wasn’t safe.”
Bogut, a decorated former NBA champion and Australian Boomer, responded with a lengthy post alleging Maley was playing “the victim”.
“She unsurprisingly pulled out days prior to recording,” he wrote.
“Now we learn people have come to her house to threaten her? Hmmm hopefully you filed a Police report Anneli?
“I would suggest calling Ghostbusters though, they will be better suited to find the people who “came to your house.”
“This is almost always the issue. The loudest activist types can sit on social media and sling insults like ‘nazi, transphobe, uneducated, bigot etc etc.
“The moment they are asked to have a discussion something always “comes up” and they cannot attend. I believe it’s more they realise yelling those names above won’t work very well during a long form discussion.”
The Bendigo Spirit star responded she was “speechless”.
“You have no idea what it’s like to be a woman getting physical threats from grown men. I don’t need to justify my experience to you or any man.”
Maley has her own podcast, Under the Surface, which, on Wednesday, featured the athlete at the centre of the debate.
“Lexi’s just a girl who wants to play basketball,” Maley said on her podcast.
“There’s so much circulating about who you are and how you’re going to present and what you’re supposed to be and hey, it’s suffocating and it’s just wrong.
“Let’s put a face to your name and who you are, because you’re a wonderful human who just wants to exist.”
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