Benzinga and other outlets report on what is a particularly bizzare note taped in her room and especially so considering the name of the hotel !
WNBA star Brittney Griner canceled her scheduled keynote appearance at the Women Grow Leadership Summit in Maryland on Monday after finding what she perceived as a threatening message in her hotel room.
The incident, which Women Grow leadership called an “attack” on its community, has reignited discussions about safety concerns for high-profile figures in the cannabis industry.
The Incident At The Gaylord Hotel
Griner, who was slated to speak at the Women Grow event on Feb. 17, left after discovering a note taped inside her hotel room that read “Gay Baby Jail.” Given her history—being detained in Russia over cannabis possession and her open identity as a gay woman—the message raised alarms about targeted intimidation.
According to Women Grow CEO Chanda Macias, “Brittney Griner arrived to be with us but felt unsafe because of threatening objects and words left inside her hotel room. For her safety, she chose to return home.”
The Women Grow organization, which focuses on empowering women in the cannabis space, stated that the note was either an intentional attack or a deeply unfortunate coincidence. “The Gaylord has assured us that the conference and its guests are safe; they have represented that the threat at issue was a meme joke left by a prior guest and unfortunately missed by cleaning staff,” Macias said. Despite this explanation, the message was unsettling enough for Griner to withdraw from the event.
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