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Suni Lee Says She Was Pepper Sprayed in Racist Attack While in LA For DWTS

Olympic gold medalist Suni Lee shared in an interview with PopSugar that she was pepper sprayed in a racist incident while in Los Angeles for Dancing With The Stars.

The current Auburn gymnast and her girlfriends, all of Asian descent, were waiting for a ride one night when a car came speeding by, yelling racist slurs at the group and telling them to "go back to where they came from." One of the passengers then sprayed Lee's arm with pepper spray.

"I was so mad, but there was nothing I could do or control because they skirted off," she told Popsugar.