Penn State College Police and Public Security are investigating an incident during which Jason Kelce slammed a fan’s cellphone onto the bottom Saturday after taunts and a homophobic slur have been mentioned towards him, a PSU police spokesperson confirmed Tuesday.
The method for reviewing the incident is ongoing, the spokesperson mentioned. A report for the incident in PSU police’s each day crime log lists legal mischief and disorderly conduct because the offenses.
In response to the report, an officer “noticed a customer damaging private property” at an intersection outdoors Beaver Stadium on Saturday. The trade, which occurred earlier than the Nittany Lions’ matchup in opposition to Ohio State, was caught on video.
UPDATE: In a brand new video of the altercation with Jason Kelce, the fan demanded Kelce give him again the cellphone again, to which Kelce mentioned: “Who’s the fa— now?”
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A fan strolling behind Kelce could be heard on the video utilizing a homophobic slur relating to the connection between pop star Taylor Swift and Chiefs tight finish Travis Kelce, Jason’s brother: “Kelce, how does it really feel that your brother is a fa—- for relationship Taylor Swift?”
Jason, upon listening to the query, circled and appeared to take the cellphone of the fan who mentioned the slur and throw it on the bottom. The fan demanded Jason give him the cellphone again, to which Jason responded: “Who’s the fa—- now?”
Kelce, a former Philadelphia Eagles middle, addressed the altercation on ESPN’s broadcast of “Monday Night time Countdown,” saying he was “not proud of something that befell.”
“I’m not happy with it,” Kelce mentioned through the present’s opening section earlier than Monday night time’s sport between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Kansas Metropolis Chiefs.
“In a heated second, I selected to greet hate with hate, and I don’t assume that’s a productive factor,” Kelce mentioned. “I actually don’t. I don’t assume it results in discourse and (I don’t assume) it’s the suitable option to go about issues. In that second, I fell right down to a stage that I shouldn’t have.
“The underside line is, I need to reside my life — I attempt to reside my life — by the ‘golden rule.’ That’s what I’ve all the time been taught. I attempt to deal with folks with frequent decency, respect and I’m going to maintain doing that shifting ahead regardless that I fell brief this week.”
Kelce redirected the dialog to protection of the Monday night time sport, saying he “didn’t assume this was the platform, essentially, to enter extra element.”
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