Penn State police investigate cellphone incident involving Jason Kelce and a fan

Penn State University constabulary are investigating an altercation betwixt retired Philadelphia Eagles halfway Jason Kelce and a fan complete a cellphone that occurred complete nan play earlier nan crippled betwixt nan Nittany Lions and Ohio State.

The police department's incident log includes an introduction registered Saturday successful which an “officer observed a visitant damaging individual property.”

PSU nationalist accusation serviceman Jacqueline Sheader confirmed to The Associated Press connected Tuesday that nan incident progressive Kelce and said that nan process is ongoing. The study listed nan imaginable offenses arsenic criminal mischief and disorderly conduct.

Video connected social media showed Kelce stepping done a crowd adjacent Beaver Stadium and fans asking for photos and fist bumps erstwhile 1 instrumentality began to heckle Kelce and appeared to outcry an anti-gay slur astir his brother, Kansas City Chiefs tight extremity Travis Kelce, for making love popular prima Taylor Swift.

At that point, video showed Kelce grabbing nan fan’s telephone and throwing it to nan ground, past turning to face nan man dressed successful Penn State attire. Kelce appeared to usage nan aforesaid anti-gay slur during nan speech earlier different instrumentality stepped betwixt them earlier nan altercation could escalate.

Kelce apologized during ESPN’s pregame show Monday night.

“In a heated moment, I decided to shake hands dislike pinch hate,” Kelce said earlier ESPN’s broadcast of nan Buccaneers-Chiefs game. “I fell short this week.”

Kelce added he's “not proud” of nan relationship pinch nan fan, saying he “fell down to a level that I shouldn't have."

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