Jason Kelce isn’t entering into bother for his Penn State phone-slamming incident, it appears.
Earlier this autumn, a bizarre troll charged as much as Jason Kelce and spewed homophobic slurs. The deed was despicable, however the context was deeply weird.
Although many have defended him for seemingly damaging the harasser’s telephone, it’s often unlawful to destroy somebody’s property.
Nevertheless, authorities say that the retired soccer participant is off the hook.
No, Jason Kelce isn’t in bother for the telephone incident
Based on what Penn State College Police inform TMZ, the investigation into the Jason Kelce encounter — presumably involving a scholar — is now closed.
“The individual in the video footage circulating on social media has not been identified,” a spokesperson for the division defined. “And no one has come forward to University Police with a related complaint about damage to personal property.”
Most individuals would wish to come ahead if somebody, not to mention a star, grabbed their telephone and hurled it onto the bottom. However given the circumstances, it’s simple to see why somebody may not wish to confess to being the particular person in query.
As you could recall, some rando approached Jason Kelce again in November.
“Kelce, how does it feel that your brother is a f—-t for dating Taylor Swift,” the troll spewed, utilizing a homophobic slur within the course of. (No, it doesn’t make sense in context)
Travis’ response was to seize the unidentified people’ telephone and spike it to the bottom. Many thought-about that to be an applicable and even relatable response, each to insults in the direction of Travis’ brother and to using the slur.
It was not Jason Kelce’s best second
Within the instant aftermath, Jason repeated the slur — for which he has apologized on ESPN.
“Listen, I’m not happy with anything that took place,” he affirmed. “I’m not proud of it.”
Jason allocuted: “In a heated moment, I chose to greet hate with hate and I just don’t think that’s a productive thing. I really don’t.”
Some have been vital of Jason responding to the troll in any respect, arguing that phrases can’t justify damaging somebody’s telephone.
The counter-argument has, after all, been that using the homophobic slur — considered one of a number of slurs whose use has been on the rise lately, particularly throughout the marketing campaign of disgraced former (and future) president Donald Trump — modifications the scenario.
Slurs are usually not simply phrases, and those that hurl them as weapons ought to count on reprisal. In fact, that applies to Jason as properly. Nobody critically believes Jason to be homophobic, and it’s good that he apologized … however he shouldn’t have used the slur within the first place.
He can most likely put this bizarre, bizarre incident behind him
We nonetheless have questions about why the unnamed troll used a homophobic slur, particularly, to discuss with Travis Kelce. A person courting a lady isn’t usually thought-about “gay,” regardless of what number of of her followers could also be.
It brings to thoughts an notorious tweet wherein a Twitter rando mentioned that A$AP Rocky was homosexual or effeminate in a photoshoot with Rihanna. This led different social media customers to reply by asking if it’s “gay” for a person to impregnate Rihanna twice.
Merely put, some people have misplaced the plot. However a minimum of Jason Kelce is out of the woods … except his harasser tries to take him to civil court docket, one supposes.
