In the wake of dropping a clear anti-Semitic taunt during a game of Call of Duty, NBA player Meyers Leonard has been suspended by his team the Miami Heat, and dropped by a number of his sponsors.
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Leonard—who last year was also the only player to remain on his feet before a game while his teammates knelt to support the Black Lives Matter movement—later apologised for using the term “kike bitch”, claiming to somehow have not known what it meant:
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Despite this, Leonard has since been dropped by two of his sponsors, PC company Origin:
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And controller makes SCUF (both companies are owned by Corsair):
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Leonard will also “be away from the team indefinitely” while the Heat—owned by Israeli-American businessman Micky Arison—and the NBA conduct an “investigation”.
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Gaming clan FaZe also noted that while Leonard wasn’t a member, they were nevertheless cutting ties with him: