NBA player Anthony Edwards fined $40,000 for posting homophobic video
Minnesota Timberwolves player Anthony Edwards has been fined $40,000 (£31,100) after using homophobic language in a social media post.
The 21-year-old has been fined by the NBA for a video he posted to his Instagram account, where he has 1,200,000 followers. In the video, Edwards could be seen rolling down his car window and calling a group of men “queer-ass n****s,” according to The Guardian.
Edwards deleted the video due to the social media backlash. He then issued an apology via Twitter on 11 September. “What I said was immature, hurtful, and disrespectful, and I’m incredibly sorry,” wrote the sportsman. “It’s unacceptable for me or anyone to use that language in such a hurtful way, there’s no excuse for it, at all.
I was raised better than that!” A statement released by the NBA on 20 September confirmed that Edwards received the fine. His remarks were branded “offensive and derogatory” by the organisation.
