NBA star banned from Twitch and dropped by sponsors after use of antisemitic slur while playing Call of Duty: Warzone

An NBA star has been banned from Twitch and has been dropped by sponsors after using an antisemitic slur while playing Call of Duty: Warzone.

While playing Warzone live on Twitch, 29-year-old Miami Heat player Meyers Leonard, said: “F***ing cowards, don’t f***ing snipe me, you f***ing k*** bitch.” A clip of the moment subsequently went viral on social media, where it has had millions of views.

Leonard’s Twitch channel, which had 58,000 followers, has now been deleted. But it looks like things are about to get a lot worse for the NBA star, whose future with the Miami Heat is now in serious doubt.

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