Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving faces a number of actions after tweeting a link to an anti-Semitic movie.
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Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving faces a number of actions after tweeting a link to an anti-Semitic movie.
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Nike suspended its relationship with Brooklyn Nets guard Keri Irving on Friday, in the latest action taken against the basketball star after he tweeted a link to an anti-Semitic movie last week.
Nike’s move includes canceling the launch of the latest model of Irving’s shoe line, which was scheduled to be released this month.
“At Nike, we believe there is no place for hate speech and we condemn any form of anti-Semitism,” Nike said in a statement to NPR. “To this end, we have taken the decision to suspend our relationship with Kyrie Irving effective immediately and will not be releasing Kyrie 8. We are deeply saddened and disappointed by the situation and its impact on everyone.”
The company’s work came one day after the nets Irving has been suspended without pay for at least five games “To publish a film that contains anti-Semitic hate is very disturbing,” the team said.
The newspaper said the suspension would be lifted once Irving “satisfies a series of objective remedial measures.”
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– BrooklynNets 4 November 2022
Irving issued an apology After the mosquito hung him.
“To all the Jewish families and communities affected and affected by my position, I am deeply sorry for causing you pain, and I apologize,” he wrote. “At first I acted out of emotion at being unjustly labeled an anti-Semite, rather than on the healing process of my Jewish brothers and sisters who had been injured by the hateful remarks made in the documentary.”
Irving has been in the news for the past several years – not necessarily because of his playing on the field. Last year, it was It is forbidden to play in home games After he refused to get the COVID vaccine.
And in 2017, he said the Earth was flat. He later apologized for those remarks, saying he “didn’t realize the impact” of his comments, According to ESPN.
NPR’s Ayana Archie Contribute to this report.
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