NBA Star Kyrie Irving Suspended For 5 Matches Over Anti-Semitic Posts
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Mr Irving tweeted a link to a 2018 film 'Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America,' which is based on Ronald Dalton's book of the same name and has been blasted as being antisemitic by civil rights groups.
American basketball player Kyrie Irving apologised on Thursday after he was suspended by his club, the Brooklyn Nets, amid anti-semitism allegations. Statement from the Brooklyn Nets pic.twitter.com/699px8XYpx
The NBA (National Basketball Association) star received a five-game ban after he defended his decision to post a link to a documentary that has been criticised as anti-semitic on social media. Taking to Twitter, the Brooklyn Nets said that Mr Irving refused on multiple occasions to disavow anti-semitism or state he is not anti-semitic, which "constitutes conduct detrimental to the team".
"Accordingly, we are of the view that he is currently unfit to be associated with the Brooklyn Nets. We have decided that Kyrie will serve a suspension without pay until he satisfies a series of objective remedial that address the harmful impact of his conduct and the suspension period served is no less than five games," the team added in a statement.
