After the Las Vegas Aces lost to the Indiana Fever on July 12, 2026, Aces guard Chelsea Gray shared a screenshot on Instagram of a direct message she’d received containing a racial slur. Social media users identified the sender as a Hilton Grand Vacations employee working in vacation sales in Austin, Texas. As the story went viral, the employee deleted his Instagram and LinkedIn profiles, and people flooded Hilton’s social media demanding action.