Video of Asian-American girl ‘sucker punched’ in basketball game goes viral
- One of the girls involved in incident in California is reported to be the daughter of a former NBA player
- More than 47,000 have watched the footage online, which appears to capture call to ‘go and hit her’
Video footage of an Asian-American teenager being “sucker punched” in a US girls youth basketball game has gone viral amid reports that the incident involves the daughter of a former NBA player.
Instagram user Alice Ham, who posted a video on the social media platform under the username “hammyalice”, has since told CBS Los Angeles that the girl who was attacked is her daughter, Lauryn, 15, and she left the court with “a bruised neck and concussion”.
The original video has been viewed more than 47,000 times, with CBS noting that neither the girl seen charging Ham’s daughter, who is believed to be the daughter of a former NBA player, nor her mother has apologised.
“THIS… this right here makes me SICK to my stomach. This happened to MY DAUGHTER at her game yesterday. There is absolutely no place for something like this in basketball, I don’t care how famous you are!!
“This mom told her daughter to ‘go and hit her’ and my kid gets an unprovoked sucker punch. I’m sorry but it’s everything that’s wrong with youth sports. The girl and her mom showed absolutely no remorse and offered no apology. Youth sports needs to change.”
