Noah Shachtman

They're following this person into the bathroom.

It's like, what is the point of this?

Yeah, the same security officer is seen speaking to her.

Again, this is not somebody threatening anyone at the garden.

This is not anybody violating any security policies or procedures.

This is a transgender woman on Pride Night getting a good seat.

People were baffled.

The lawsuit alleges that this was an act of gender profiling, and source after source said some variation of, this was harassment, this was not okay, posed no threat, this was just a transgender woman being a fan walking around.

And in fact, the lawsuit claimed that people that did pose actual threats, that actually had much more criminal background or what have you, didn't get this kind of surveillance.

One fan, one night, 18 pages.

And this wasn't the only time that Nina Richards was surveilled.

She was tracked over a series of months and maybe even years.

Really long.

Zero.

We got a brief letter from their legal team, and we got a two-sentence response from their spokesperson.

This story is built on false, misleading, and unverified allegations, including claims drawn from lawsuits filed by rapacious litigators.

We categorically reject such reckless reporting and are actively evaluating our legal options against Wired.

Yeah, well, there's somebody in charge of that entire organization, the chief security officer of Madison Square Garden.

Behind all the eyes.

These security guys sort of are well-known for trying to keep their profile pretty low.