The parents of a nine-year-old Kansas City Chiefs fan are threatening a lawsuit against far-left sports outlet Deadspin for accusing the boy of wearing blackface during a game last month.
The outlet published a photo of the young child without blurring his face, falsely accusing him of racism following the incident.
“It takes a lot to disrespect two groups of people at once,” Deadspin said of the boy. “But on Sunday afternoon in Las Vegas, a Kansas City Chiefs fan found a way to hate Black people and the Native Americans at the same time.”
The boy’s face was painted half red and half black in support of the Chief’s colors, and the young boy’s parents said he was part American Indian.
Shannon and Raul Armenta, parents of the child, have now hired Clare Locke LLP to demand a retraction and threaten further action against the author Carron J. Phillips, Deadspin, G/O Media, and Great Hill Partners.
“These Articles, posts on X, and photos about Holden and his parents must be retracted immediately.
It is not enough to quietly remove a tweet from X or disable the article from Deadspin’s website. You
must publish your retractions and issue an apology to my clients with the same prominence and fanfare with which you defamed them,” the letter says.
