A trip to a basketball game is, for most people, normally a pleasant experience full of sporting goodwill and athletic joy, but not for punters at the recent Sydney Kings/Melbourne Tigers grand final. Hoop lovers were forced to witness a foul-mouthed Deni Hines running amok and lashing out at cheerleaders.

Hines was a guest of Sydney Kings shareholder Dorry Kordahi and, alongside other celebrity attendees Jane Flemming and partner Ian Purchas, was treated to front-row seats at the blockbuster match held at Sydney Entertainment Centre. The only problem being Hines was in the mood for some slam-dunking of her own - at the expense of the Sydney Kings' cheerleading squad.

Spectators sitting close to the singer told Confidential they were appalled when Hines, the daughter of Australian Idol judge Marcia Hines, began abusing the cheerleaders in an expletive-ridden rant after one of the girls accidentally brushed past her.

"She was saying things like, 'Get your f...ing s... out of my face' and pretending to kick the girls while they were sitting courtside doing their job," one witness reported yesterday.

Now, now. What would your impeccably mannered mother say, Deni? ("That moody cow?" - Chanel Cole)

Confidential's source for the story manages to include a tasty anti-Deni zinger in their version of events, huffily declaring -

"I have to say, I was absolutely appalled by Deni's behaviour - there is a right and wrong way to conduct yourself and she behaved inappropriately. Besides, I'm sure the cheerleaders have received more work than Deni over the past few years."

They shoot, they score!

As one would expect, Deni's management are denying the entire thing ever happened.

 

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