Tennis WAG says she was ‘groped & harassed’ at Super Bowl in emotional assertion

The girlfriend of US tennis star Taylor Fritz has revealed she was “groped” and “harassed” by male NFL followers at Super Bowl LVIII.

Morgan Riddle, who has dated American ace Fritz for 4 years, made the journey to Las Vegas over the weekend to look at the largest sporting occasion within the nation. She shared snaps of herself watching the Kansas City Chiefs’ 25-22 win over the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday, whereas carrying a Louis Vuitton outfit.

Riddle loved the sport and the half-time present headlined by singer Usher, however opened up about how she additionally had an “extremely stressful” time on the Allegiant Stadium. She took to Instagram after the occasion to say she had been harassed by a number of “drunk” males.

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The world No. 9’s girlfriend defined how she was traumatically “grabbed” and “groped” by male followers. That brought about her to have a panic assault within the restroom through the third quarter of the sport.

Writing on the social media platform, Riddle stated: “Wasn’t going to put up about this however I truly assume it is necessary to. I can not imagine the degrees of harassment we handled this weekend from males.

“In the final 3 days I’ve been grabbed, gropped (sic), harassed, cat referred to as incessantly – mainly each jiffy once we had been out in public. And it was actually dangerous on the recreation as we speak.

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“We couldn’t even enjoy the game without getting bothered by drunk, rude, gross male fans. It’s extremely stressful and scary.”

The 26-year-old additionally make clear how a person used his son as a “vehicle” to hit on her and her pals. Captioning a video of her crying in a restroom, she recalled: “There was a father on the recreation along with his son who appeared about 10 years outdated.

“He used his kid as a vehicle to try to hit on us – and his own son, a child, turned to him and said ‘dad, what are you doing?’ how do you think little boys become obnoxious men?

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“’I have male sports fans who follow me and luckily I’ve never experienced something like this with tennis but I just hope any guy reading this understands the gravity of your words and actions. We’re all just there to try and watch a football game. Getting grabbed by grown men is scary and insensitive.”

Riddle has beforehand been dubbed the “first lady of tennis” as a consequence of her trendy appears courtside. She just lately needed to defend herself after dealing with accusations that she was “overdressed” for the Australian Open.

The Polish-born Minnesotan responded by saying: “I don’t believe you can be overdressed for anything. No matter where you’re going, overdressing is just a social construct and I prefer to ignore those.”