Internet concerned as Taylor Fritz's GF Morgan Riddle reveals disturbing harassment at Super Bowl by male fans

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA: Morgan Riddle, tennis star Taylor Fritz's girlfriend, has come forward with a disturbing account of her experience at Super Bowl LVIII.

Riddle, who has been in a relationship with the World No 9 for four years, was in Las Vegas over the weekend to watch the Kansas City Chiefs secure a victory over the San Francisco 49ers.

Despite the excitement of the game and the halftime show, headlined by R&B sensation Usher, Riddle's experience was marred by "extremely stressful" incidents.

The American influencer revealed that she was subjected to incessant harassment by a number of "drunk" male NFL fans at Allegiant Stadium, including being groped and catcalled.

Taylor Fritz's GF Morgan Riddle reveals disturbing harassment at Super Bowl

After the nail-biting game, Riddle shared her distressing experience on Instagram.

She confessed that the incidents of being "grabbed and groped" by spectators led to a panic attack in the restroom during the third quarter.

"Wasn't going to post about this but I actually think it's important to," she shared on her profile.

"I can't believe the levels of harassment we dealt with this weekend from men," Riddle noted.

She added, "In the last 3 days I've been grabbed, gropped (sic), harassed, cat called incessantly - basically every few minutes when we were out in public. And it was really bad at the game today."

"We couldn't even enjoy the game without getting bothered by drunk, rude, gross male fans. It's extremely stressful and scary," she continued.

Riddle shares disturbing incident

Riddle recounted an incident where a father exploited his son's presence to flirt with her and her friends at Allegiant Stadium.

In a video she shared, which shows her in tears in the restroom, she mentioned, "There was a father at the game with his son who looked about 10 years old."

"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?"

"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," Riddle said.

"Getting grabbed by grown men is scary and insensitive," she added.

Riddle resumed her seat in the fourth quarter, witnessing Kansas City make history by becoming the first team to retain the Super Bowl title in nearly two decades in Vegas.

Internet reacts to Morgan Riddle's 'scary' experience at Super Bowl

People on social media were shocked by Riddle's revelation. 

A user said on Twitter, "It’s wild how many educated ppl are just ignoring the usa’s rising trend of socially acceptable misogyny and harassment."

"Here’s posts from morgan riddle, us tennis player taylor fritz’s girlfriend, about her super bowl experience," another tweet said.

The same user re-shared Riddle's story, which included messages she had received from other women.

She wrote, "I’m sure that people are being really normal in the replies on this post circling back, morgan posted messages from other women."

"It feels like it’s definitely gotten worse over the last few years," responded another person. 

"Agreed completely both in my personal experiences and in observations," shared another. 

A person remarked, "I’m sensitive” bums me out so much, like she feels she needs an explanation for being scared by strange DRUNK men grabbing her :("

"She shouldn’t have said she’s sensitive in the last pic. It doesn’t matter if your sensitive or not getting GROPED & HARASSED in public is never ok," mentioned another.

 

A person added, "This is why I refuse to attend games at the popular baseball team in LA (I will not have them find this by the name). The environment is scary."

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