Meyers Leonard’s fall from the anti-Semitic slur is beyond the basketball court.
Several gaming sponsors dropped Leonard after spewing hateful language during the “Call of Duty” livestream on Twitch.
“F-ing coward.” F-King did not snipe me, you F-King K-E-H, “the heat center, which was suspended indefinitely by the team, said.
Professional eSports organization FaZe Clan cut ties with the 29-year-old on Tuesday. According to Anilad, Three other gaming companies – Original PC, Scoff Gaming and Astro Gaming – confirmed that they would no longer work with Leonard, whose Twitch account has more than 58,000 followers.
“We were incredibly disappointed to hear the Meyers stream [Tuesday], “The Fez Klan said in a statement.” Fez does not tolerate any profane language or discriminatory language. While Meyers is not a member of Fez, we are cutting ties with him. To close this community There’s a lot. Let’s get better together. “
Leonard apologized for his rant and claimed that this was not the true meaning of the word.
“I didn’t know what the term meant at the time, my ignorance about its history and how offensive it is to the Jewish community is not an excuse at all and I was just wrong,” part of Leonard’s statement. Was read.
The Heat said he would stay away from the team “indefinitely” and they would help the NBA in his action.
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