MIAMI (CBSMiami) – A video posted on Twitter shows Miami Heat player Meyers Leonard using an anti-Semitic slur while playing Call of Duty on a Twitch stream.
The team is aware of the video, but has not yet responded to it. The NBA is also looking into the matter.
READ MORE:
Tuesday evening, Leonard apologized in an Instagram post, writing he was “deeply sorry for using an anti-Semitic slur.”
Leonard added he “didn’t know what the word meant at the time” but that his “ignorance about its history and how offensive it is to the Jewish community is absolutely not an excuse.