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Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham has spoken about the stalkers she has dealt with as her profile has grown, saying she believes around 20 people are being monitored by the FBI on her behalf. She made the remarks during a recent appearance on comedian Theo Von's podcast, "This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von".
Cunningham linked the problem to the league's rising visibility. "The more you're visible on TV, you're gonna get more fans. Like, people are gonna know who you are, and that's a really great thing. But there's also a lot of, like, kind of crazy people too that like, we do have a lot of stalkers. I know I do. And like, that's the negative side of things that people don't think about," she said.
Asked whether she had dealt with stalkers personally, she said: "Oh my gosh. Yeah. Like, I will have to check if I'm even allowed to say this, but like, I like have, I think, 20, I think, people kind of that the FBI are watching for me, me alone."
She declined to name the others, saying she was "definitely not allowed to say" their names, but spoke about one whose case is already public. "I know one of them," she said. "I mean, he's locked away now." She identified him only as Kevin, adding, in a lighter moment, that she also has a miniature donkey named Kevin and wondered whether she would now have to rename the animal.
That man is Kevin Singh, 49, of Indianapolis. He was arrested on June 23, 2026, and charged with felony stalking and intimidation and misdemeanor harassment, according to the Associated Press. He is accused of sending Cunningham a series of threatening and explicit messages on X between February and April 2026, including one reading, "You're literally down the street from me!"
Singh also allegedly hand-delivered a package addressed to "Sophie" at the Fever's home arena last September, containing a letter and a Guns N' Roses T-shirt sprayed with men's cologne, and allegedly kept sending threatening messages after the team sent him a cease-and-desist letter in April. Cunningham told investigators on June 22, 2026, the day before his arrest, that she did not know him, had never responded to his messages and wanted the unwanted contact to end. He has remained in the Marion County Jail on a $40,000 bond, and a judge recently denied a request to reduce that bail.
Cunningham also spoke about the Fever's security arrangements during the podcast discussion, and framed the wider issue as a safety challenge that has grown alongside the league's popularity, with more attention bringing more eyes on players.
The case is not the only stalking case involving a Fever player to reach court: Cunningham's teammate Caitlin Clark's stalker, Michael Lewis, was sentenced to two and a half years in prison in 2025, a background fact noted in coverage of Cunningham's remarks.