Fan banned after allegedly hurling racist slurs and threats at Duke volleyball player during match in Utah
A Duke University women’s volleyball player was called racist slurs and threatened during a match against Brigham Young University in Utah on Friday, her family said.
A Duke University women’s volleyball player was called racist slurs and threatened during a match against Brigham Young University in Utah on Friday, resulting in a fan being banned from sporting events, according to the student, her family and the school.
Rachel Richardson, a Black starter on Duke’s team, was called the n-word “every time she served,” and was threatened by “a white male that told her to watch her back going to the team bus,” her godmother Lesa Pamplin said on social media.
A police officer had to be placed by the Duke team's bench as a result of the alleged harassment, Pamplin said.
The game drew a crowd of more than 5,000 people at the Smith Fieldhouse in Provo, Utah.
Gloria Richardson, Rachel's mother, told NBC News her daughter called her crying Friday evening.
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