The former ESPN reporter was appointed as a press adviser last month.
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ByShannon K. Kingston 
Saturday, October 24, 2026 11:56AM
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Former ESPN reporter Britt McHenry resigned Friday from her position as a State Department press adviser following an altercation at a basketball game this week, ABC News has learned.
McHenry was captured on camera appearing to throw a drink on someone during a Washington Wizards vs. Milwaukee Bucks NBA game on Wednesday.
Video obtained by TMZ appears to show McHenry being escorted from the stands at Capital One Arena following the incident.
FILE – In this Sept. 8, 2015, photo, Britt McHenry smiles before a baseball game between the Washington Nationals and the New York Mets at Nationals Park in Washington.
AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File
McHenry was appointed to her role at the State Department last month. A Department official declined to comment on McHenry’s exit, saying it was an internal personnel matter.
ABC News was not immediately able to contact McHenry.
McHenry formerly worked as a reporter for ESPN. In 2015, she was suspended by the network for one week after a video showing her berating a clerk at a towing company went viral.
Her departure from the State Department was first reported by Page Six.
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