2nd Temple University Student Suspended Over Antisemitic Incident At Barstool Sports Bar

5 jam yang lalu

NEWYou tin now perceive to Fox News articles!

A 2nd Temple University student was suspended complete an antisemitic incident that took spot astatine a Barstool Sports barroom successful Philadelphia complete nan weekend.

The 2nd student was not identified, according to FOX 29 Philadelphia.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM

The Barstool Sports logo connected a laptop arranged successful New York connected Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. (Gabby Jones/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

The incident occurred connected Saturday nighttime astatine nan barroom arsenic bottle-service girls brought retired a motion to nan level that read, "f--- nan Jews." Barstool Sports laminitis Dave Portnoy announced nan time aft that nan 2 waitresses successful mobility were fired and that he talked to nan 2 men allegedly responsible for nan motion and agreed to nonstop them connected travel to Auschwitz to study astir nan Holocaust.

One of nan men, who was identified arsenic Mo Khan, reneged connected nan woody and pushed backmost connected claims that he had thing to do pinch nan antisemitic sign. Temple has already suspended Khan.

He released a connection connected Tuesday, saying erstwhile he made nan statement pinch Portnoy, he was nether duress.

"Although I had thing to do pinch nan motion coming out, nor do I cognize who did it, I cognize that nan motion was provocative because it reminded group of nan cruel things Israel is doing astir nan world, frankincense starring maine to study connected it," Khan said, reupping his declare that he was a "citizen journalist" successful nan matter.

"Dave Portnoy and his friends tin take to beryllium triggered complete nan sentiments of that motion and moreover footwear maine retired of nan constitution forever. However, they person nary correct to destruct my life complete free reside and yet thing that was an edgy joke. Frankly, they’re much worried astir destroying and uprooting maine than nan thousands of group getting destroyed and uprooted successful genocide."

Khan past appeared connected "Stew Peters Live" and agreed pinch nan host’s ideas astir "Jewish supremacy."

A Syracuse Orange instrumentality holds a emblem pinch nan Barstool Sports logo anterior to nan crippled against nan Wagner Seahawks astatine nan Carrier Dome successful Syracuse, New York, connected Sept. 8, 2018. (Rich Barnes-USA TODAY Sports)

ANTISEMITISM WATCHDOG CALLS ON TRUMP'S WORLD CUP TASK FORCE, FIFA TO PUT STOP TO ANTI-ISRAEL SOCCER CAMPAIGN

Portnoy responded to Khan’s connection later Tuesday. He wrote successful a station connected X that Khan was a "flat liar."

"I talked to him connected nan telephone pinch his buddy and they some owned up to it and cried astir it. He past lawyered up aft speaking pinch his family," Portnoy wrote. "His sanction sewage retired because he’s a moron and uploaded ‘f--- nan Jews’ motion to his Instagram earlier I moreover knew astir it. He already went viral without me. He spreads dislike and uses nan conflict successful Middle East arsenic his excuse. And did it successful a barroom pinch my (company’s) sanction connected it.

"Now he’s trying to profit from it. I’m judge he’ll make money because location is tons of antisemitism successful nan world. Regardless this is nan slightest astonishing point ever. He is nan meaning of a coward. Zero accountability for his actions. I don’t attraction what belief you are aliases moreover really you consciousness astir Middle East. This was an enactment of axenic dislike and this should disgust you."

Portnoy said successful a abstracted video he felt "dumb" trying to "show grace" and make things right.

"This is what nan look of being a coward is," he said of Khan.

On Wednesday, Portnoy wrote connected X that Khan "may beryllium nan top point that’s ever happened for Jews to conflict antisemitism successful America" and pointed to different alleged incidents involving Khan.