WIRED reported that Madison Square Garden maintained a database categorizing VIP attendees by sexual orientation and assigning them 'risk scores'—claims MSG is actively disputing through a defamation lawsuit arguing the outlet cherry-picked stolen data. The underlying allegations remain contested: WIRED stands by its reporting while MSG contends the story fabricates claims from hacked information, and no independent verification of the database's existence or contents has emerged beyond the leaked data WIRED used. The lawsuit itself is real and well-reported across multiple outlets, but whether the database actually tracked people as WIRED describes or whether MSG's characterization of the reporting as cherry-picked fabrication is accurate remains an open legal question.