Overview
- Dearica Hamby publicly posted a screenshot of a racist text she said she received that included the sender’s phone number on Aug. 24, prompting fans to ask for help identifying the caller.
- Internet users reverse-searched the number and alerted the sender’s employer, Acclaro Medical, which first suspended the worker during an investigation and confirmed the employee is no longer with the company on Sept. 1.
- Acclaro issued a statement condemning racism and saying the message did not reflect company values while describing its internal probe into the incident.
- It remains unclear how the sender obtained Hamby’s personal number, a question that echoes earlier this season when other WNBA players reported racist messages and threats.
- The episode shows social platforms enable both targeted abuse and rapid public accountability, and it raises fresh questions about player privacy, safety measures by the league, and whether platforms will change how they police and limit abuse.