Enes Kanter Freedom filed a federal lawsuit in Illinois on Thursday over the way he says he was mistreated at a WNBA game last month.

The former Boston Celtics center sued the Chicago Sky, the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority and the City of Chicago, alleging all three entities unjustly had him booted from the Sky vs. Fever game on Aug. 23 at Wintrust Arena.

Freedom stated in his suit that he believed the trio of defendants had it out for him after he had spent a large portion of the summer declaring for the 2027 WNBA Draft while publicly railing against the idea of biological men playing in women’s sports.

Freedom said he did nothing out of line while attending the now-infamous Sky vs. Fever game, yet he claimed he was nonetheless wronged at the venue.

Freedom wore a shirt that read, “WOMAN noun, adult human female,” which he insisted did not violate the WNBA Fan Code of Conduct. He also said that while he did stand and raise his arms during the game, it was merely to celebrate a 3-point basket by Sophie Cunningham, a Fever superstar who previously made headlines for her stance on barring trans athletes from women’s sports.

However, in the third quarter, he alleged Sky guard Natasha Cloud “without provocation, initiated a vulgar, profanity-laced verbal tirade” at him.

She “charged nearly half the length of the court toward where Plaintiff Freedom was sitting courtside,” Freedom’s lawsuit stated. “Cloud cursed and yelled at Plaintiff saying that Ms. Cunningham was not going
to sleep with Plaintiff Freedom.

“Plaintiff Freedom believes that Cloud’s attack was motivated and triggered by the message on Plaintiff’s shirt and Plaintiff’s widely publicized viewpoint on protecting the integrity of women only sports.”

Freedom said he did not respond back other than to say, “I’m not trying to sleep with her. I’m just here to protect women and support her.”

But Freedom alleged that members of the Sky, the MPEA and the City of Chicago all “combined and conspired to eject” him from the matchup. He then alleged the trio played roles in later issuing him an indefinite ban from the arena.

He’s suing all three for retaliation in violation of the first amendment and violation of the first amendment.

“The Chicago Sky; MPEA, through Wintrust Arena Security; and the City of Chicago, by its Police Department, worked together to eject Plaintiff in retaliation for protected expression, and continue to work together to enforce the ongoing, unconstitutional ban of Plaintiff from Wintrust Arena, which is public property owned by MPEA,” Freedom’s lawsuit stated.

Freedom is asking for, among other things, unspecified damages as well as “a permanent injunction following a full hearing, directing Defendants to lift their prohibition on Plaintiff’s attendance at Wintrust Arena.”

“You don’t have to agree with my speech,” Freedom wrote on Thursday in announcing his lawsuit on his X page, “but you don’t get to silence me for it. I will not be intimidated. I will not be silenced. I will continue to stand for women and defend free speech.”