Michigan father alleges bomb threat to home after daughter spoke up about facing trans athlete without knowing A Michigan father says his family received alleged death threats, racist insults and threats that someone would blow up their home after he and his teenage daughter spoke publicly about her unknowingly competing against a transgender athlete in girls' volleyball. "We've been threatened with violence, called Nazis, subjected to racist insults, and even received threats to blow up our home," Sean Lechner told Fox News
Digital. "The situation became so serious that the FBI contacted us." Fox News Digital has reached out to the FBI for comment. VOLLEYBALL STAR SKEWERS DEMOCRAT STATE LAWMAKER FROM VIRAL SPAT AFTER 'SAVE WOMEN'S SPORTS' BILL PASSES Lechner said his family received an "overwhelming amount of support" but also the hostile responses after he and his 16-year-old daughter, Briley, spoke out in support of protecting girls' sports. They originally spoke out last fall before resuming interviews about the situation this past week on "Fox & Friends" and with Moms for Liberty. "All of this because I'm a father standing beside my daughter, her teammates, and every female athlete who deserves safety, priv
acy, fairness, and equal opportunity," the father said. Briley, a student-athlete at Monroe High School in Michigan, said her father absorbed most of the abuse after the family went public. She has also received alleged messages accusing her of attacking transgender people and spreading hate. "We've received death threats and threats of people coming to our house or going to my father's work," she told Fox News Digital. "Of course, I never want to spread negativity. I don't want to spread hate or anything, and it does hurt to see that that's how people are viewing me. But I also stick to my ground, and I know what I'm standing up for, and I know what I'm battling for." The backlash left Bril
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