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Yahoo
06-02-2025
- Entertainment
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Hollywood Power Agent's Home Smeared With ‘Bloody' Handprints in Student Protests
The home of one of Hollywood's most powerful men was targeted by pro-Palestinian protesters who left red handprints on his garage door among other wreckage Wednesday. Jay Sures, the UTA super-agent who represents Ryan Seacrest, Kara Swisher and ABC News anchor David Muir, appeared to have been targeted for being pro-Israel and being a member of the University of California Board of Regents. He told the Daily Beast the 6.15a.m. protests 'scared the living s---' out of his wife. The Brentwood home is a slice of Hollywood history, having been built by actor Fred MacMurray, the star of My Three Sons and Double Indemnity who died in 1991. Students protested outside UC Regent Jay Sures' home this morning, chanting "intifada revolution" and stamping red handprints on his garage door. One sign said 'Jonathan Sures you will pay, until you see your final day." Reporting from the @dailybruin — Gabe Stutman (@jnewsgabe) February 6, 2025 A Los Angeles Police Department report cited by Deadline indicates that officers were called to Sures' Brentwood home at 6:15 a.m. PT in response to a 'large group blocking the street and driveway.' A law enforcement official additionally told Deadline that there were around 50 masked protesters 'banging on drums, making loud noises, and causing disturbance.' Alongside 'bloody' red handprints on his garage door—an apparent reference to the saying, 'blood on your hands'—protesters also placed caution tape throughout Sures' front yard and a sign that read 'divest now or you will pay.' Sures told the Daily Beast Wednesday night that the 'whole situation is unfortunate' and that 'threatening my family is so disappointing.' He added that the protesters' behavior was 'inexcusable.' The protest was organized by the Graduate Students for Justice in Palestine group at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), according to the university's student newspaper The Daily Bruin. WAKE UP CALL for UC Regent Jonathon Sures. This morning - UCLA students are outside UC Regent 'Jay' Sures house! Sures sits on the board of the LAPD Foundation and his company represents the ADL. Students refuse to stay silent & will continue to expose these violent Zionists. — People's City Council - Los Angeles (@PplsCityCouncil) February 5, 2025 In an Instagram post Wednesday, the group alleged that Sures 'has attempted to intimidate students and faculty who spoke out against the genocide in Gaza' and they refused to 'stay silent.' Six months ago, University of California (UC) regents voted to ban political statements from university homepages which, per Deadline, Sures largely supported and drove forward. The move sparked criticism, however, for allegedly stifling pro-Palestinian expression and views. Sures, who was appointed by Governors Jerry Brown and Gavin Newsom to serve on the UC Board of Regents from 2019, is an outspoken supporter of Israel. In 2023, he described a letter from the UC Ethnic Studies Faculty Council reprimanding a UC statement on the Oct. 7 Hamas attack as 'appalling and repugnant' and 'rife with falsehoods.' UTA also represents the Anti-Defamation League, an antisemitism organization that is a staunch advocate of Israel. Sures earlier told Deadline he believes they are the reasons why he was targeted Wednesday. 'I'm Jewish. There are 18 Regents, and I've been outspoken; you can Google me about what I've written, what I've done in the world of the University of California. I've been pretty outspoken about the cause, about protecting our Jewish students, and they don't like it,' Sures said. Once again, a public servant is targeted for harassment and intimidation, and once again, it is a Jewish regent being targeted. Protestors calling for the elimination of the state of Israel in front of the home of UC Regent Jay Sures is enforcement should fully… — Jonathan Greenblatt (@JGreenblattADL) February 5, 2025 'It's one thing to peacefully protest, but to go to an administrator or a Regent's house to violate the hundred foot rule, which is what it is in Los Angeles, to disturb the entire neighborhood by pounding on drums, to surround my wife's car and prevent her from free movement, and to put up signs, threatening my family and my life and vandalize the house, that is a big escalation,' he continued. An LAPD source told Deadline that no arrests were made Wednesday, however if police are able to identify masked protesters, Sures told the outlet he will press changes. A few weeks ago, the 15 months of conflict between Palestine and Israel that killed at least 46,000 Palestinians and displaced over a million, and which also killed over 1,000 Israelis, according to the Associated Press, ended with a ceasefire deal.
Yahoo
06-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
UC Regent Jay Sures' Brentwood home vandalized in pro-Palestinian rally
Pro-Palestinian protesters rallied outside the Brentwood home of UC Regent Jonathan "Jay" Sures on Wednesday morning, hanging banners on his hedges and leaving handprints smeared in red on his walls, according to local reports and photos shared on social media. The protest lasted from 6 to 8 a.m. and was organized by Graduate Students for Justice in Palestine at UCLA, according to reporting from the Daily Bruin. The student group shared video of the protest on its Instagram account as well as a post of Sures' face, calling him an "opp," slang for an enemy, and "one of the unelected officials responsible for protecting UC investments in genocide and weapons manufacturing." L.A. police responded to a call regarding pro-Palestinian protesters on a residential street in Brentwood around 6:15 a.m. Wednesday, according to an LAPD spokesperson. Upon arriving, officers found a group of 50 to 100 protesters blocking the street and driveway and remained to monitor the situation. The UCLA Police Department took a report of vandalism, the spokesperson said. Sures, who is Jewish, told Deadline he believes he was targeted because of his outspoken support for the state of Israel and for protecting Jewish students. He said this was the first time protesters had come to his home, and he thought they had crossed a line. 'It's one thing to peacefully protest, but to go to an administrator or a regent's house to violate the hundred-foot rule, which is what it is in Los Angeles, to disturb the entire neighborhood by pounding on drums, to surround my wife's car and prevent her from free movement, and to put up signs, threatening my family and my life and vandalize the house, that is a big escalation," he told Deadline. Read more: L.A. City Council tightens law around protests outside private homes Videos and photos shared on social media showed LAPD officers at the protest, where a crowd gathered wearing masks, chanting and beating drums. The banner attached to Sures' hedge read, "Disclose, divest, we will not stop, we will not rest," a popular rallying cry for those who believe in divesting from companies that do business with the state of Israel. Jonathan Greenblatt, chief executive of the Anti-Defamation League, described the morning's protest as "boldfaced bigotry" and called on law enforcement to investigate and prosecutors to charge those responsible, in a statement shared on X. "Once again, a public servant is targeted for harassment and intimidation, and once again, it is a Jewish regent being targeted," said Greenblatt. "Protestors calling for the elimination of the state of Israel in front of the home of UC Regent Jay Sures is unacceptable." Sures is the vice chairman of United Talent Agency and one of the 18 members appointed to the University of California Board of Regents by the governor. Sures also told Deadline he believes the recent protests directed toward him are connected to a letter he wrote to the UC Board of Regents in 2023, condemning a letter the UC Ethnic Studies Faculty Council had written to the board accusing UCLA of biased communications after the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war. Read more: Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters rally in L.A. ahead of Oct. 7 anniversary The faculty council wrote that UCLA's administrative communications "distort and misrepresent the unfolding genocide of Palestinians in Gaza and thereby contribute to the racist and dehumanizing erasure of Palestinian daily reality." In response, Sures wrote that the letter was "rife with falsehoods about Israel and seeks to legitimize and defend the horrific savagery of the Hamas massacre of October 7.' On Wednesday, Graduate Students for Justice in Palestine wrote on Instagram that Sures is "the embodiment of how the Regents profit off genocide and police dissent on our campuses." Members of the student group have long demanded that the regents support their call for the university system to boycott and divest from all companies that do business with Israel — a demand the UC system opposes. "The University of California has consistently opposed calls for boycott against and divestment from Israel," the office of the UC president said in an April 2024 statement. "While the University affirms the right of our community members to express diverse viewpoints, a boycott of this sort impinges on the academic freedom of our students and faculty and the unfettered exchange of ideas on our campuses. Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
Los Angeles Times
06-02-2025
- Politics
- Los Angeles Times
UC Regent Jay Sures' Brentwood home vandalized in pro-Palestinian rally
Pro-Palestinian protesters rallied outside the Brentwood home of UC Regent Jonathan 'Jay' Sures on Wednesday morning, hanging banners on his hedges and leaving handprints smeared in red on his walls, according to local reports and photos shared on social media. The protest lasted from 6 to 8 a.m. and was organized by Graduate Students for Justice in Palestine at UCLA, according to reporting from the Daily Bruin. The student group shared video of the protest on its Instagram account as well as a post of Sures' face, calling him an 'opp,' slang for an enemy, and 'one of the unelected officials responsible for protecting UC investments in genocide and weapons manufacturing.' L.A. police responded to call regarding pro-Palestinian protesters on a residential street in Brentwood around 6:15 a.m. Wednesday, according to an LAPD spokesperson. Upon arriving, officers found a group of 50 to 100 protesters blocking the street and driveway and remained to monitor the situation. The UCLA Police Department took a report of vandalism, the spokesperson said. Sures, who is Jewish, told Deadline he believes he was targeted because of his outspoken support for the state of Israel and for protecting Jewish students. He said this was the first time protesters had come to his home, and he thought they had crossed a line. 'It's one thing to peacefully protest, but to go to an administrator or a regent's house to violate the hundred-foot rule, which is what it is in Los Angeles, to disturb the entire neighborhood by pounding on drums, to surround my wife's car and prevent her from free movement, and to put up signs, threatening my family and my life and vandalize the house, that is a big escalation,' he told Deadline. Videos and photos shared on social media showed LAPD officers at the protest, where a crowd gathered wearing masks, chanting and beating drums. The banner attached to Sures' hedge read, 'Disclose, divest, we will not stop, we will not rest,' a popular rallying cry for those who believe in divesting from companies that do business with the state of Israel. Jonathan Greenblatt, chief executive of the Anti-Defamation League, described the morning's protest as 'boldfaced bigotry' and called on law enforcement to investigate and prosecutors to charge those responsible, in a statement shared on X. 'Once again, a public servant is targeted for harassment and intimidation, and once again, it is a Jewish regent being targeted,' said Greenblatt. 'Protestors calling for the elimination of the state of Israel in front of the home of UC Regent Jay Sures is unacceptable.' Sures is the vice chairman of United Talent Agency and one of the 18 members appointed to the University of California Board of Regents by the governor. Sures also told Deadline he believes the recent protests directed toward him are connected to a letter he wrote to the UC Board of Regents in 2023, condemning a letter the UC Ethnic Studies Faculty Council wrote to the board accusing UCLA of biased communications after the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war. The faculty council wrote that UCLA's administrative communications 'distort and misrepresent the unfolding genocide of Palestinians in Gaza and thereby contribute to the racist and dehumanizing erasure of Palestinian daily reality.' In response, Sures wrote that the letter was 'rife with falsehoods about Israel and seeks to legitimize and defend the horrific savagery of the Hamas massacre of October 7.' On Wednesday, Students for Justice in Palestine wrote on Instagram that Sures is 'the embodiment of how the Regents profit off genocide and police dissent on our campuses.' Members of the student group have long demanded that the regents support their call for the university system to boycott and divest from all companies that do business with Israel — a demand the UC system opposes. 'The University of California has consistently opposed calls for boycott against and divestment from Israel,' the office of the UC president said in an April 2024 statement. 'While the University affirms the right of our community members to express diverse viewpoints, a boycott of this sort impinges on the academic freedom of our students and faculty and the unfettered exchange of ideas on our campuses.
Yahoo
06-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Hollywood Power Agent's Home Smeared With ‘Bloody' Handprints in Student Protests
The home of United Talent Agency Vice Chairman Jay Sures was vandalized Wednesday by protesters who left red handprints on his garage door among other wreckage. Sures is an influential figure with an impressive client list. He is vice chairman and one of the four managing directors of the firm, which is known as one of the entertainment industry's premier agencies with some of the world's biggest names in film, comedy, music and sports. According to his biography, he is also a University of California Regent 'where he chairs the audit and compliance committee.' He also serves on the Los Angeles Police Department Foundation Board as well as other various chairman roles for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory Board of Governors/Directors. A Los Angeles Police Department report cited by Deadline indicates that officers were called to Sures' Brentwood home at 6:15 a.m. PT in response to a 'large group blocking the street and driveway.' A law enforcement official additionally told Deadline that there were around 50 masked protesters 'banging on drums, making loud noises, and causing disturbance.' Alongside 'bloody' red handprints on his garage door–an apparent reference to the saying, 'blood on your hands'–protesters also placed caution tape throughout Sures' front yard and a sign that read 'divest now or you will pay.' Sures told the Daily Beast Wednesday night that the 'whole situation is unfortunate' and that 'threatening my family is so disappointing.' He added that the protesters' behavior was 'inexcusable' and 'scared the living s***' out of his wife. The protest was organized by the Graduate Students for Justice in Palestine group at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), according to the university's student newspaper The Daily Bruin. In an Instagram post Wednesday, the group alleged that Sures 'has attempted to intimidate students and faculty who spoke out against the genocide in Gaza' and they refused to 'stay silent.' Six months ago, University of California (UC) regents voted to ban political statements from university homepages which, per Deadline, Sures largely supported and drove forward. The move sparked criticism, however, for allegedly stifling pro-Palestinian expression and views. Sures, who was appointed by Governors Jerry Brown and Gavin Newsom to serve on the UC Board of Regents from 2019, is an outspoken supporter of Israel. In 2023, he described a letter from the UC Ethnic Studies Faculty Council reprimanding a UC statement on the Oct. 7 Hamas attack as 'appalling and repugnant' and 'rife with falsehoods.' UTA also represents the Anti-Defamation League, an antisemitism organization that is a staunch advocate of Israel. Sures earlier told Deadline he believes they are the reasons why he was targeted Wednesday. 'I'm Jewish. There are 18 Regents, and I've been outspoken; you can Google me about what I've written, what I've done in the world of the University of California. I've been pretty outspoken about the cause, about protecting our Jewish students, and they don't like it,' Sures said. 'It's one thing to peacefully protest, but to go to an administrator or a Regent's house to violate the hundred foot rule, which is what it is in Los Angeles, to disturb the entire neighborhood by pounding on drums, to surround my wife's car and prevent her from free movement, and to put up signs, threatening my family and my life and vandalize the house, that is a big escalation,' he continued. An LAPD source told Deadline that no arrests were made Wednesday, however if police are able to identify masked protesters, Sures told the outlet he will press changes. A few weeks ago, the 15 months of conflict between Palestine and Israel that killed at least 46,000 Palestinians and displaced over a million, and killed over 1,000 Israelis, according to the Associated Press, ended with a ceasefire deal.
Yahoo
06-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
UTA Vice Chairman & UC Regent Jay Sures' Home Vandalized In Pro-Palestinian Protest
UTA Vice Chairman Jay Sures, who is also a UC Regent and outspoken supporter of Israel, saw his Brentwood home vandalized by protesters who massed in front of his house early this morning. Among other indignities, the protesters left bloody handprints on the door of his garage, and had to be dispersed by police. Per Daily Bruin student journos Alexandra Crosnoe and Dylan Winward, the protest was organized by Graduate Students for Justice in Palestine at UCLA, and they pegged the number of protesters at 50. All of them wore masks and scattered caution tape and flyers in his front yard. Sures said he is cooperating with authorities. This is the first time such a disturbance has happened at his home, and he feels the protesters crossed the line. More from Deadline Spill Sesh Creator Kristi Cook Signs With UTA Ludacris Signs With UTA Regé-Jean Page Signs With UTA 'It's one thing to peacefully protest, but to go to an administrator or a Regent's house to violate the hundred foot rule, which is what it is in Los Angeles, to disturb the entire neighborhood by pounding on drums, to surround my wife's car and prevent her from free movement, and to put up signs, threatening my family and my life and vandalize the house, that is a big escalation.' Asked why he believes he and his home were targeted like this for the first time, Sures told Deadline, 'I'm Jewish. There are 18 Regents, and I've been outspoken; you can Google me about what I've written, what I've done in the world of the University of California. I've been pretty outspoken about the cause, about protecting our Jewish students, and they don't like it. So they do this to try to intimidate you to, so you back off them. It's all intimidation.' He believes his home was targeted because of his edgy response to the UC system's Board of Regents, its chancellors and its president protesting what he termed a 'appalling and repugnant' letter from the UC Ethnic Studies Faculty Council to the regents. In that missive in fall 2023, Sures asserted that the letter 'is rife with falsehoods about Israel and seeks to legitimize and defend the horrific savagery of the Hamas massacre of October 7.' Today's protesters were masked, but if police can identify them, he will press charges, Sures said. 'They've asked for all the security camera footage and they're going to go back and look on the footage to see,' he said. 'Everybody was masked. So they're going to see if they can identify folks and yeah, I mean if we can identify folks, we're definitely going to press charges.' According to a LAPD report, officers were called to Sures' Brentwood residence this morning at 6:15 am PT in response 'to a large group, blocking the street and driveway.' Encountering around 50 masked protesters 'banging on drums, making loud noises and causing disturbance,' as a law enforcement official told Deadline. Due to the size of the crowd and the vandalism of Sures' garage, additional units were requested by the initial LAPD officers on the scene. 'Our job was to keep the peace,' an LAPD source said to Deadline this afternoon. 'There were no arrests.' After the protesters left, a small posse of police remained well into the rest of the morning. UCLA PD were also at the Sures' residence and they were the ones who handled the vandalism of the bloody hands and flyers plastered on the garage door, we've learned. It should be noted that Sures' garage is several feet on his property, so whoever placed the flyers and handprints on the door of the structure was trespassing. Tape was strung around the front of the property. Best of Deadline The 2025 Oscars: Everything We Know So Far About The Nominations, Ceremony, Date & Host 2025 Awards Season Calendar: Dates For Oscars, Spirits, Grammys, Tonys, Guilds & More 2025 TV Cancellations: Photo Gallery
