‘Jeopardy!’ champion Amy Schneider robbed in Oakland

OAKLAND, Calif. – Reigning “Jeopardy!” champion Amy Schneider was robbed astatine gunpoint implicit New Year’s play successful Oakland, California.

Schneider, an Oakland resident, tweeted astir the robbery to her 52,000 followers, saying she was shaken up but different OK.

“Hi all! So archetypal off: I’m fine. But I got robbed yesterday, mislaid my ID, recognition cards and phone. I past couldn’t truly slumber past night, and person been dragging myself astir each time trying to regenerate everything,” the Oakland nonmigratory said successful her post.

Oakland constabulary said successful a connection they were inactive investigating the equipped robbery that occurred Sunday day and had not yet made immoderate arrests.

Schneider, the archetypal transgender contestant to suffice for the Tournament of Champions, won again connected Tuesday’s amusement bringing her awesome winning streak to 25 consecutive victories, earning her $897,600 successful winnings truthful far.

The crippled amusement issued a connection saying, “We were profoundly saddened to perceive astir this incident, and we reached retired to Amy privately to connection our assistance successful immoderate capacity.”

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