Is a video authentic that shows Chicago Sky player DiJonai Carrington saying Indiana Fever player Sophie Cunningham should be charged with assault for nearly pulling off her wig? No, that's not true: The video is AI-generated. An online detection tool found the video was 81.4% likely AI-generated. There are no credible news reports of Carrington making the accusation against Cunningham.
The claim appeared in an Aug. 9, 2026, video posted on X account @FeverUpdate (archived here). It opened:
Dijonai Carrington claims Sophie Cunningham nearly pulled off her wig during their altercation.
'She should be charged with assault for trying to take off my wig.'
This is what the post looked like on X at the time of writing:
(image source: post by @FeverUpdate on X.)
This is what the video looked like on X at the time of writing:
Dijonai Carrington claims Sophie Cunningham nearly pulled off her wig during their altercation.
-- Fever Updates (@FeverUpdate) August 9, 2026
"She should be charged with assault for trying to take off my wig." pic.twitter.com/FBbJk66C1y
Lead Stories uploaded the video clip to Hive Moderation (pictured below), which determined the video was 81.4% likely to be AI-generated.
(Image source: Hive Moderation.)
Lead Stories searched Google News and Yahoo News for the phrase, "Dijonai Carrington Sophie Cunningham wig assault" and did not find any matching results of Carrington on video saying Cunningham should be charged with assault for trying to pull off her wig. The search did find a report on People.com of Carrington being ejected from the Aug. 8, 2026, game after fouling Cunningham and posting a message on her Threads account @dijonai that read "WHITE PRIVILEGE."
