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During the Seattle Storm\u2019s 105-95 loss to the Indiana Fever on Tuesday night, two teenage fans were allegedly verbally assaulted by team owner Celeste Keaton, referring to them as \u201cf\u2014\u2013 insane.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Keaton approached the two girls who were sitting courtside holding a sign that read \u201cThank you, Sophie for speaking up for girls!\u201d where Keaton came and confronted them.<\/p>\n

The Storm co-owner followed, \u201cJesus loves everyone.\u201d The two girls revealed the interaction to Brandi Kruze on the Undivided Podcast. <\/p>\n

Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham was recently embroiled in controversy with comments that oppose transgender women from competing in women\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n

They went on to share that Keaton told them, \u201cI hope Jesus can forgive you for what sin you\u2019ve done, for something like that and then she told us we\u2019re \u2018effing insane\u201d while pointing at her head, and then told them \u201cGod can save you,\u201d which left one of the fans in tears.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve never been yelled at like that,\u201d one of the girls said. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve had people hate on me on the internet, but it doesn\u2019t really affect me as much, because it\u2019s people online. But that just caught me by surprise because I thought she was going to be nice, and she started screaming at us, and cussing at us.\u201d<\/p>\n

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On top of showing their support for Cunningham, the two girls were also seen wearing XX-XY shirts, an athletic sports apparel company that was created by former gymnast Jennifer Sey.<\/p>\n

According to XX-XY\u2019s website, their mission focuses on protecting women\u2019s sports and spaces.<\/p>\n

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They added that during their experience at the game, they didn\u2019t feel welcome by the fans in attendance.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe whole time we were kind of on edge,\u201d one of the girls said. \u201cI was like, should we put our sign down? I don\u2019t know. The lady sitting right across from us, and the two people sitting beside us, were turning their backs and trying to sit as far away from us.\u201d<\/p>\n

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