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Washington state high school athlete Ahnaleigh Wilson and her parents Elizabeth and Brendan Wilson speak out after a controversial incident at a Seattle Storm game.
Washington state high school athlete Ahnaleigh Wilson was pushed into a starting spot under the lights of the national culture war over women's sports this week when she was allegedly berated at a WNBA game.
Now, in exclusive interviews with Fox News Digital, she and her family are speaking out for the first time since Seattle Storm co-owner Celeste Keaton was suspended for an exchange with the teenager.
"I'm glad that the WNBA stepped in and decided to at least do something about it, and they did something about it quickly," Wilson said. "It was good to see that they kind of put some kind of punishment into place."
Wilson went viral Tuesday night for speaking out about being allegedly heckled by Keaton during the Storm's game against the Indiana Fever. Wilson was not prepared to take on such public attention, and she and her family say it has caused them issues. The teen was there simply to support Sophie Cunningham after Cunningham took a public stand to save girls' sports.
"She was sitting directly across from us on the court, and we hadn't really noticed her much. And then she had walked over to talk to the people to the right of where we were sitting, and when she stopped talking to them, she turned and looked at us," Wilson, who sat courtside, said.
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Keaton then allegedly called Wilson and her friend "f—ing insane," for her support of Cunningham and the protection of women's sports.
"After she was done, she kind of just walked away, and me and my


