Dave Portnoy provides shocking new update on vile anti-semitic attack at his Philly bar
Dave Portnoy claims one of the alleged culprits of the vile anti-semitic sign that was ordered at one of his bars in Philadelphia is now distancing themselves from the incident and blaming it entirely on a friend.
Video posted to a now-deleted Instagram account over the weekend showed a bottle service worker at Barstool Sansom Street - which is owned by the sports media company - holding up an illuminated sign that read 'F*** the Jews.'
An infuriated Portnoy (who is Jewish himself) then detailed the incident on his X account on Sunday, and revealed that he had fired two waitresses from the establishment while identifying the two people allegedly responsible for ordering the sign.
After promising to 'come for throats' over the despicable display, the Barstool boss also said he had contacted the person who posted the video before the account was deleted.
He alleged the person behind the video, who is a student at Temple University, began crying and telling him that he isn't anti-semitic.
Yet in a new update on Monday, Portnoy accused the same person of 'no longer taking any responsibility or involvement for the 'F*** the Jews' sign at Barstool Samson.'
'[He] is basically lawyering up and blaming it all on his friend now and is saying he was just a citizen journalist,' he added.
'It is a 180 from my convo with him yesterday. Needless to say his trip to Poland has been revoked'.
Portnoy also revealed on Sunday that the alleged offenders were being sent to Auschwitz in Poland to learn about the holocaust as a punishment for their actions.
In a statement released to the university community, Temple president John Fry said the school's Division of Student Affairs 'identified one Temple student who is believed to have been involved' and placed them on interim suspension.
The school is continuing to investigate the incident and that 'any additional students who are found to be involved will face strict disciplinary action under the Student Conduct Code, up to and including expulsion.'
'In the strongest terms possible, let me be clear: antisemitism is abhorrent. It has no place at Temple and acts of hatred and discrimination against any person or persons are not tolerated at this university,' Fry's statement said.
The events have unsurprisingly led to significant media attention, and Portnoy spoke with a reporter from ABC Philadelphia on Monday after the network 'begged' him to do an interview.
However, he was left massively angered by the exchange after the reporter, who has not been named, 'pulled a quote out of her a**'... from a made-up journal', which suggested that the culture created by Barstool was responsible for the events over the weekend.
Portnoy, as shown in a video posted to X, responded by saying that anti-semitism on college campuses was to blame for the incident.
He then asked the reporter to identify where the quote came from - she attributed it to two professors at the University of Virginia - but things got even more heated as Portnoy said he 'totally disagreed' with the idea she had floated.
Portnoy also quizzed the reporter on whether Barstool or college campuses were creating more hate in the world, but she refused to answer his question - leading Portnoy to slam his laptop shut and abruptly end the interview.
'F***ing a**hole,' he said as he got up from his seat.
Portnoy accused ABC Philadelphia of a 'bait and switch,' saying the interview was initially set to be conducted by another reporter.
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