Penn State College Police and Public Security are investigating an incident by which Jason Kelce slammed a fan’s telephone onto the bottom Saturday after taunts and a homophobic slur had 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 day by 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 exterior Beaver Stadium on Saturday. The alternate, which occurred earlier than the Nittany Lions’ matchup towards 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 telephone 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 courting Taylor Swift?”
Jason, upon listening to the query, rotated and appeared to take the telephone of the fan who mentioned the slur and throw it on the bottom. The fan demanded Jason give him the telephone 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 Evening Countdown,” saying he was “not proud of something that occurred.”
“I’m not pleased with it,” Kelce mentioned throughout the present’s opening section earlier than Monday evening’s recreation 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 approach to go about issues. In that second, I fell right down to a stage that I shouldn’t have.
“The underside line is, I wish to dwell my life — I attempt to dwell my life — by the ‘golden rule.’ That’s what I’ve at all times been taught. I attempt to deal with individuals 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 evening recreation, saying he “didn’t assume this was the platform, essentially, to enter extra element.”
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