Britt McHenry leaves State Department post after drink-throwing dispute at Wizards game; she alleges a gang-rape remark

Britt McHenry, a former ESPN host who had recently become a State Department press adviser, left her government job after a dispute at a Washington Wizards game against the Milwaukee Bucks on Oct. 21. A video obtained by TMZ shows her throwing a drink on a fan seated beside her, and she said a man near her had yelled insults at Kyle Kuzma about his fiancée, model Winnie Harlow. In a video posted Wednesday, McHenry said she made a snarky remark, that another man swore at her and made a gang-rape comment, which she called vile. Reports say she was forced to resign.

Raw Story, the only left-leaning outlet in this set, has covered the story; its excerpt leads with McHenry breaking her silence over a "vile" taunt that cost her job. TMZ, which obtained the drink-throwing video, headlines the alleged gang-rape remark, while Awful Announcing walks through her account and adds a Page Six detail that she asked nearby fans to ease up. Right-leaning Page Six and Daily Mail lead with the gang-rape claim and her admission that she probably shouldn't have made the snarky remark; Daily Mail adds that fans threw projectiles as she exited and calls the resignation allegedly forced. The sides agree on the core facts, her exit and the Harlow heckling, but differ in emphasis: left-leaning coverage centers her ouster, while right-leaning pieces center her allegations.