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Denver Nuggets superfan Vicki Ray sues team owner Kroenke Sports and Entertainment over season ban

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April 22, 2024

Denver Nuggets superfan Vicki Ray sues team owner Kroenke Sports and Entertainment over season ban

Denver Nuggets superfan Vicki Ray is suing team owner Kroenke Sports & Entertainment after the company banned her from games and revoked her season tickets over claims she grabbed a referee and hit a player in the face.

In a lawsuit filed Monday in Denver District Court, attorneys for Ray claimed the company violated the Colorado Consumer Protection Act, breached a contract with Ray, failed to act in good faith and inflicted emotional distress by revoking her tickets and banning her from games for the season.

Ray, 72, is seeking unspecified monetary damages and other relief, including an injunction that prevents Kroenke from enforcing the ban and restores her season tickets, according to the complaint.

Ray’s decades-long fan relationship with the Nuggets drew a spotlight after she received a phone call and letter from Kroenke over claims of inappropriate contact with a referee and player in February.

While the complaint does not refer to specific incidents, Ray told The Denver Post she was accused of grabbing a referee and hitting a player in the face by Ball Arena officials at games in early February.

Ray denied those claims to The Post and denied any misconduct in the complaint filed Monday.

Kroenke officials did not cite any specific incidents in the phone call or letter banning her for the season and have refused to meaningfully discuss the issue with Ray, according to the complaint.

Instead, attorneys for Ray from the Greenwood Village firm Baker Law Group claim Kroenke Sports & Entertainment banned her because they wanted to resell her season tickets at a higher price, suggesting “a potential manipulation of ticket availability and pricing.”

Ray experienced a “notable decline in her mental and physical health” because of stress and isolation, along with being subjected to “unwarranted scrutiny and speculation within the fan community and the public at large,” the complaint states.

Attorneys for Ray also disputed that a video provided by Kroenke Sports & Entertainment as evidence of Ray’s misconduct shows any wrongdoing.

A Kroenke spokesperson could not immediately be reached for comment Monday, but company officials previously said Ray’s tickets were revoked “due to repeated violations and warnings of the NBA’s Code of Conduct as well as Ball Arena’s Code of Conduct,” despite repeated warnings.

This is a developing story and may be updated.

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Denver area events for Nov. 28

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November 28, 2025

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Three people injured in Denver in shooting on Broadway

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November 27, 2025

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Three people injured in Denver in shooting on Broadway

November 27, 2025 / 8:20 AM MST
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The Denver Police Department is investigating after three people were injured in a shooting late Wednesday night.

According to DPD, officers were called to the scene in the 1100 block of N. Broadway around 10:30 p.m. When they arrived, the officers found two people who had been injured. Both were taken to the hospital for treatment, but officials did not know the extent of their injuries.

A third victim was later found with what authorities said were minor injuries. That person was not taken to the hospital.

Investigators said they are working to develop suspect information.

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Pueblo man sentenced to 15 years for threatening Denver judge

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November 26, 2025

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Pueblo man sentenced to 15 years for threatening Denver judge

A Pueblo man was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Wednesday for threatening a Denver judge who was overseeing several of the man’s criminal cases.

Thomas Wornick, 43, was convicted of three counts of retaliation against a judge, a class 4 felony. He was already serving a deferred sentence for threatening former Sen. Cory Gardner when he was charged with the new offenses, according to the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office.

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“When someone attempts to intimidate or harm those who serve the public, we will respond with every tool the law provides,” Deputy District Attorney Joseph Henriksen said in a statement on Wednesday. “This sentence makes clear that violent threats, no matter who makes them, will be met with serious consequences.”

Judge Judith Labuda told the Denver Police Department last year that Wornick, a combat veteran, sent him nine emails between March 5 and March 15, 2024.

“On March 15, 2024, Mr. Wornick sent three emails to the (judicial) division, threatening to murder or kill me,” Labuda told investigators at the time. “His emails left me feeling unsettled, and in fear.”

Since Labuda is a judge in Denver, the case was handled by a special prosecutor from the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office.

In 2020, Wornick was arrested at Fort Carson, the U.S. Army installation in Colorado Springs, after the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office said he had threatened to kill several local attorneys, business owners, government officials, and “every Pueblo County Sheriff’s deputy.” The sheriff’s office said deputies served a search warrant on his Pueblo home at the time and found two guns, including a semi-automatic rifle, several knives, and hundreds of rounds of ammunition.

When Wornick threatened Gardner, the Republican U.S. senator who represented Colorado from 2015 to 2021, he detailed his combat service in an email to the senator, writing, “In 2003 I deployed to Iraq, I was blown up by an ied in my hmmwv and blown up again by a rocket weeks later. I suffer everyday of my life. I am going to kill senator cory gardner for refusing to help me get medical care,” the Pueblo Chieftan reported.

“No public servant should ever fear for their life simply for doing their job,” Assistant District Attorney Ryan Brackley said. “Mr. Wornick’s pattern of escalating threats demanded a strong, decisive response. Our office is committed to ensuring that intimidation has no place in our courts, and to protecting those involved in upholding the rule of law.”