Twitch unbans NBA pro Meyers Leonard after anti-Semitic controversy Instagram: Meyers LeonardStreaming platform Twitch has unbanned NBA pro and former FaZe Clan investor Meyers Leonard just a week after sponsors cut ties with the Miami Heat player over anti-Semitic comments made on broadcast. Meyers Leonard was banned on March 9 after the 29-year-old power forward made anti-Semitic comments during a Warzone Twitch stream. While there were questions about whether the ban was permanent, those have been answered: Twitch has unbanned the star after a week. \u2705 Twitch Partner “”meyersleonard”” (@MeyersLeonard) has been unbanned after 1 week, 32 minutes and 19 seconds! \u2705https:\/\/t.co\/enY5whHYZ1#twitch #unban #partner #twitchpartner \ud83d\udc95 \u2014 StreamerBans (@StreamerBans) March 17, 2021 The NBA pro got frustrated while playing alongside notable names like Mason \u2018Symfuhny\u2019 Lanier and Tyler \u2018TeePee\u2019 Polchow before using the slurs. Just minutes later, he received a phone call, reportedly from his wife, and swiftly ended his stream. Within hours, FaZe Clan had cut ties with the investor, and sponsors like Origin PC and SCUF Gaming also distanced themselves. The unbanning means the NBA pro is free to stream on the platform again. However, the sponsors are unlikely to partner up with the star after the controversy. Leonard has issued an apology over using the slurs, and has been placed on indefinite leave from the Miami Heat squad. \u201cWhile I didn\u2019t know what the word meant at the time, my ignorance about its history and how offensive it is to the Jewis community is absolutely not an excuse and I was just wrong,\u201d he said on March 9. \u201cI promise to do better and know that my future actions will be more powerful than my use of this word.\u201d Twitch is yet to issue a public comment on Leonard\u2019s unbanning. The platform typically doesn\u2019t issue statements on individual suspensions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Twitch unbans NBA pro Meyers Leonard after anti-Semitic controversy Instagram: Meyers LeonardStreaming platform Twitch has unbanned NBA pro and former FaZe Clan investor Meyers Leonard just a week after sponsors cut ties with the Miami Heat player over anti-Semitic comments made on broadcast. Meyers Leonard was banned on March 9 after the 29-year-old power forward […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62865\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}