Penn State Police Close Investigation Of Jason Kelce Phone-Smashing Incident
No charges will be filed against former Philadelphia Eagle Jason Kelce for smashing the phone of a person who yelled a homophobic slur to describe his brother Travis outside Beaver Stadium last month.
Penn State University Police and Public Safety have closed the investigation of the November 2 incident, a department spokesperson confirmed on Tuesday.
“The individual in the video footage circulating on social media has not been identified, and no one has come forward to University Police with a related complaint about damage to personal property,” the spokesperson said.
Multiple videos that circulated on social media showed Kelce, who was in town for the Penn State-Ohio State game and appeared on ESPN’s College GameDay, walking along Curtin Road near the stadium when an apparent Penn State fan shout “Hey Kelce, how does it feel you’re brother’s a f— dating Taylor Swift?”
Kelce turned back, took the fan’s phone, and threw it to the the ground. After the fan, who was wearing a Penn State hoodie, said “Give me my phone,” and appeared to shove Kelce, Kelce replied “Who’s the f— now?” three times before walking away.
Police confirmed two days later that they were investigating the incident. A daily crime log entry described the incident as “a visitor damaging personal property,” and the potential offenses as disorderly conduct and criminal mischief.
The same day on ESPN, Kelce expressed regret for how he responded to the provocation.
“I’m not happy with anything that took place. I’m not proud of it,” Kelce said. “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. I don’t think… it’s the right way to go about things. In that moment I fell down to a level I shouldn’t have. The bottom line is I try to live my life by the golden rule. That’s what I’ve always been taught. I try to treat people with common decency and respect and I’m going to keep doing that moving forward, even though… I fell short this week…”
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