Noah Shachtman

We're talking about a fan here.

We're going to call her Nina Richards to protect her privacy.

She didn't respond to a request to comment for my story about how she was treated by the Garden.

But she did ask that we not use her real name, and so we're going to respect that.

But this is a transgender woman, went to a lot of games.

She, you know, was friendly with a number of staffers at the garden.

You know, was a known figure there.

Even though, to be clear...

None of the sources that we talked to said that Nina Richard presented a threat in this moment in any way, shape, or form.

This is a fan.

Yeah, in fact, it was Pride Night.

7, 10, and 20 seconds, cam 0241 spots Nina Richards scanning her ticket to section 102, row 8, seat 5.

Yeah, I mean, it's creepy.

Hugging a security officer?

Nina Richards is living the dream.

I mean, all of us that are Knicks fans have a dream, right?

That we can know a guy who knows a guy who can get us better seats in the third quarter.

And that's what's happening here.

Is getting upgraded.

This is not James Dolan, but at 8.48 and 22 seconds, dun-dun-dun, there's another hug.