CLEVELAND -- Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry says his father-in-law "almost got arrested" when he was mistaken for a renowned fake-credential con artist Thursday night at Quicken Loans Arena.
NBA security was on alert during Game 6 of the NBA Finals to find David Aminzadeh, who previously has sneaked in to countless major sporting events, an NBA official told The Undefeated. Quicken Loans Arena security officials checked the credentials of the father of Curry's wife, Ayesha, because they thought he looked like Aminzadeh, before determining they were mistaken, an NBA official said.
Ayesha Curry, however, tweeted after the Warriors' 115-101 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers that her father was racially profiled.
Ayesha Curry ✔ @ayeshacurry
Police racial profiled my father and told him to remove credentials and tried to arrest him. It's been a long night for me. I apologize:
<time class="dt-updated" datetime="2016-06-17T04:10:08+0000" pubdate="" title="Time posted: 17 Jun 2016, 04:10:08 (UTC)">12:10 AM - 17 Jun 2016
</time>Stephen Curry was briefed by an NBA official about the situation with his father-in-law after he spoke to media following Game 6. Aminzadeh was never found by NBA or Quicken Loans security during Game 6, the NBA official said. The con artist previously had been arrested at the 2015 NBA All-Star Game slam dunk contest in Brooklyn, New York, according to the official.
"I was just kind of debriefed on what the security thought happened with some guy that poses with fake credentials and gets backstage at a lot of events, the NBA Finals and all that stuff," Curry told The Undefeated as he departed from the arena. "They kind of profiled my father-in-law and thought he was him. They threatened to arrest him before they checked out his credentials. It's kind of been an emotional and tough night all the way around.
"That was kind of a traumatic situation where her [Ayesha's] dad almost got arrested. So it was kind of a tough situation to deal with in a hostile environment. All in all, it's just a game. I hope that everybody is all right."
To read more [url]http://espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2016/story/_/id/16268827/stephen-curry-says-father-law-threatened-arrest-nba-security-cites-mistaken-identity
[/URL]
NBA security was on alert during Game 6 of the NBA Finals to find David Aminzadeh, who previously has sneaked in to countless major sporting events, an NBA official told The Undefeated. Quicken Loans Arena security officials checked the credentials of the father of Curry's wife, Ayesha, because they thought he looked like Aminzadeh, before determining they were mistaken, an NBA official said.
Ayesha Curry, however, tweeted after the Warriors' 115-101 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers that her father was racially profiled.
Ayesha Curry ✔ @ayeshacurry Police racial profiled my father and told him to remove credentials and tried to arrest him. It's been a long night for me. I apologize:
<time class="dt-updated" datetime="2016-06-17T04:10:08+0000" pubdate="" title="Time posted: 17 Jun 2016, 04:10:08 (UTC)">12:10 AM - 17 Jun 2016
</time>Stephen Curry was briefed by an NBA official about the situation with his father-in-law after he spoke to media following Game 6. Aminzadeh was never found by NBA or Quicken Loans security during Game 6, the NBA official said. The con artist previously had been arrested at the 2015 NBA All-Star Game slam dunk contest in Brooklyn, New York, according to the official.
"I was just kind of debriefed on what the security thought happened with some guy that poses with fake credentials and gets backstage at a lot of events, the NBA Finals and all that stuff," Curry told The Undefeated as he departed from the arena. "They kind of profiled my father-in-law and thought he was him. They threatened to arrest him before they checked out his credentials. It's kind of been an emotional and tough night all the way around.
"That was kind of a traumatic situation where her [Ayesha's] dad almost got arrested. So it was kind of a tough situation to deal with in a hostile environment. All in all, it's just a game. I hope that everybody is all right."
To read more [url]http://espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2016/story/_/id/16268827/stephen-curry-says-father-law-threatened-arrest-nba-security-cites-mistaken-identity
[/URL]
