Player safety · June—October 2026
Sophie Cunningham Says FBI Is Watching About 20 People Amid Stalking Fears
Sophie Cunningham says she believes the FBI is monitoring about 20 people amid concerns for her safety. Behind the striking account lies a stalking case that reportedly left the WNBA star having nightmares and staying home more.
Sophie Cunningham says she believes the FBI is watching about 20 people in connection with concerns over her safety.
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The short answer
The remarks come from Theo Von's This Past Weekend podcast. The estimate is Cunningham's account, not independently confirmed by the agency. The FBI declined to comment when contacted by the Los Angeles Times.
What Sophie said on Theo Von's podcast
The striking part of Cunningham's account is the scale she believes the problem has reached. In coverage published on 29 October, OutKick and the Los Angeles Times reported her estimate of about 20 people. Behind that number is a more personal story: unwanted contact that, in her account to investigators, changed how she spent her days and affected her sleep.
In the same conversation, Cunningham referred to a jailed man named Kevin. The Los Angeles Times quotes her saying, 'His name’s Kevin,' and discusses the Kevin Singh prosecution in its account of the interview. Her reference helps connect the discussion to a concrete case rather than leaving it as an abstract number.
The interview is listed as episode 692 on the podcast's official distribution page. Readers can find the programme through Theo Von's official episode archive. This account uses the published reporting of her remarks rather than presenting a full transcript of the interview.
The Kevin Singh stalking case
Associated Press reported in June 2026 that Kevin Singh faced charges over allegations of stalking Cunningham and sending threatening and sexually explicit messages on social media. AP attributed the case information to the Marion County Prosecutor's Office.
The readable AP report carried by CNN describes allegations based on an affidavit, including repeated messages and contact that reached the team's arena. This was already a reported criminal case months before the podcast drew wider attention to Cunningham's safety concerns.
Singh faces allegations that must be tested through the legal process; the charges are not a conviction. This article does not reproduce explicit messages or private identifying details.
How the alleged stalking affected Cunningham
According to the affidavit described in the Associated Press report carried by CNN, Cunningham told investigators she had been staying home more and having nightmares because of Singh's continued messages.
Those details are the human centre of the story. The reported effect was not limited to what arrived on a phone: Cunningham described changing her routine and losing a sense of ease at home. Her statements to investigators give the safety concerns a concrete everyday dimension.
The AP account reports that the online conduct became increasingly threatening after team security contacted him. It also describes a package addressed to Sophie delivered to Gainbridge Fieldhouse in September 2025. These details are allegations described in the reporting, not findings by a jury. The important progression is from unwanted online messages to alleged contact with the arena and continued messages despite an intervention by team security.
The October 23 court decision
IndyStar reported that a Marion County judge denied Singh's request for a bail reduction on 23 October 2026. That is a procedural ruling, not a verdict on the allegations.
The full IndyStar account, republished by AOL, provides the procedural update. The reported denial concerns bail, not the final resolution of the charges. This article does not present a future trial schedule as independently verified against court records.
Cunningham's account brings personal safety into focus alongside the public attention surrounding her basketball career.
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Visibility is not permission
A professional athlete can be highly visible without making her private life public property. Arena appearances, interviews and podcasts create access to a sporting personality; they do not entitle anyone to personal contact, a response or access beyond that public work. That boundary matters whether a player is celebrated, criticised or involved in a heated debate.
Cunningham's public profile extends beyond games, as our account of her work off the court explains. Her account raises a practical question for player safety: how to preserve access to public sporting work while protecting private space. Ordinary fandom and alleged criminal conduct should not be collapsed into the same category.
Our dated account of the 2026 debates covers a different question. Disagreement with a player and threats directed at her are not versions of the same thing. The alleged conduct should not be attributed to a particular opinion or public controversy without evidence.
What remains unconfirmed
Cunningham's reference to a jailed Kevin and the reporting about Singh make the context clearer. They do not independently establish that Singh appears on an FBI list, what the agency is doing, or whether her estimate is accurate. A future agency statement could clarify those questions; court records and further reporting could clarify the prosecution.
The strongest documented thread is the effect she described to investigators: nightmares and staying home more. That gives the story weight without needing to turn her estimate into an official statistic. The human consequences and the limits of the available evidence can both be stated plainly.
Timeline
The reporting, in order
The AP account reports Singh's arrest and charges concerning allegations of stalking, intimidation and harassment.
IndyStar reports that a judge denied Singh's bail-reduction request.
Theo Von's This Past Weekend episode featuring Cunningham is published, as dated by the Apple Podcasts distribution listing.
US outlets cover Cunningham's FBI comments on Theo Von's podcast. The Los Angeles Times reports that the FBI declined to comment.
Sources
- Theo Von — This Past Weekend, official episode archive
- This Past Weekend — Apple Podcasts distribution listing: Sophie Cunningham (28 October 2026)
- OutKick / Fox News — Cunningham's FBI comments (29 October 2026)
- Los Angeles Times — original report on Cunningham's FBI comments; available republication via Yahoo Sports.
- Associated Press — original reporting on the stalking charges and affidavit; available republication via CNN.
- IndyStar — original report on the bail-reduction ruling; available republication via AOL.
The podcast remarks are reported through the named outlets rather than an independently transcribed recording. The official distribution listing identifies episode 692. The full AP report was read through CNN, and the full IndyStar report through AOL; the court docket was not independently inspected. The Los Angeles Times is the original source for the FBI's refusal to comment; Yahoo republishes that account. Both images are conceptual AI illustrations, not photographs of an actual incident; the arena audience does not depict identifiable real people.
Checked 31 October 2026.