Temple student suspended over antisemitic Barstool Philly incident wants an apology from Dave Portnoy

“Dave Portnoy owes me restitution and an apology for everything that he has done and caused for me in these past few days,” Mohammed Kahn said in a video.

by Rob Tornoe

Published May 7, 2025, 11:15 a.m. ET

A Temple student suspended for his alleged involvement in an antisemitic incident at a Barstool sports bar in Philadelphia over the weekend is speaking out.

In a post on X shared Tuesday evening, Mohammed Adnan Khan said he had “nothing to do” with an antisemitic sign displayed inside Barstool Sansom Street in Philadelphia Saturday. Barstool Sports CEO Dave Portnoy misrepresented the incident, Khan claimed, painting him as a villain to millions of followers on social media.

“Dave Portnoy and his friends can choose to be triggered over the sentiments of that sign, and even kick me out of the establishment forever,” Khan said. “However, they have no right to destroy my life over free speech, and ultimately something that was an edgy joke.”

Khan said he shared a video of the sign being paraded around the bar on his Instagram account in an attempt to “report on” what he knew was a controversial incident. He said he didn’t know who was responsible for creating the sign, and didn’t explain why he tagged another Instagram user with the comment, “THANK YOU.”

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While he denied creating the sign, he did suggest he was sympathetic to critics of Israel and the country’s war against Hamas in Gaza, describing it as a “genocide.” He also sat for an interview with Stew Peters, a popular online figure and radio host the Anti-Defamation League describes as a “Christian nationalist and prolific antisemite.”

As for his discussions with Portnoy, Khan said the Barstool CEO offered a trip to Auschwitz, the notorious Nazi prison camp complex in Poland where nearly a million Jewish people were murdered during the Holocaust, as a condition of not calling Khan out publicly. Khan said he initially agreed to accept the trip and responsibility due to the “duress” he felt dealing with someone as powerful as Portnoy, but admitted those statements didn’t reflect “the responsibility that I bear.”

“Dave has built a reputation, a career, and a business solely focused on the anti-cancel culture,” Khan said. “Here, he’s hypocritically lynching me, absolutely canceling me in any way possible, and ruining my life.”

In addition to the suspension, Khan said he lost a “prestigious internship” and has received multiple death threats. He also said his roommate had to evacuate their house after someone leaked his address online.

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“Dave Portnoy owes me restitution and an apology for everything that he has done and caused for me in these past few days,” Khan said.

Portnoy did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday. Neither did a spokesperson for Temple.

Temple previously said the Division of Student Affairs investigated the incident and placed Khan on interim suspension.

“In the strongest terms possible, let me be clear: Antisemitism is abhorrent,” Temple President John Fry said in a statement. “It has no place at Temple, and acts of hatred and discrimination against any person or persons are not tolerated at this university.”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5721523&forum_id=2).#48910897)

Who allows nigs to run wild?

Who supports the end of all white nations by immigration/interbreeding?

Who sends Americans to die for their wars?

Who sells American heroin in a pill and profits from it?

Who controls both of your political parties and thus not giving you true democracy?

Brother if you think those 2 groups are equally bad, you need to sit down and lets have a talk.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5721523&forum_id=2).#48910912)

https://www.soci.org/news/2022/9/dennis-liotta-2022-perkin-medal-winner

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5721523&forum_id=2).#48910967)

Free speech prohibits the government from punishing you for your speech. It in no way prohibits your fellow citizens from expressing THEIR opinion that YOUR opinion makes you an asshole

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5721523&forum_id=2).#48910902)

>Khan said he shared a video of the sign being paraded around the bar on his Instagram account in an attempt to “report on” what he knew was a controversial incident. He said he didn’t know who was responsible for creating the sign, and didn’t explain why he tagged another Instagram user with the comment, “THANK YOU.”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5721523&forum_id=2).#48910906)

yeah ok

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5721523&forum_id=2).#48910911)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5721523&forum_id=2).#48910970)

Source: Jews hire me to sue other Jews every week

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5721523&forum_id=2).#48911006)

Still would most-likely fail as Elon would never hire a Temple grad, but worth a shot

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5721523&forum_id=2).#48911014)

Seems like initially Portnoy talked with the kid and the kid was really apologitic. Portnoy had sympathy on the kid and was going to send them to tour Auschwitz.

Then the kid lawyered up and is claiming he had nothing to do with it (which seems really dubious) while also criticizing Israel.

It highlights how warped these people's psyche is, that his strategy now is literally, "I know it looks like i set up a a 'fuck teh jews' sign in a jewish guy's bar and posted it on Instagram, but that's not really what happened - so let me use this as a moment to give you my thoughts on how Israel is committing genocide."

It's like if OJ walked around saying "i know it looks like i killed her - but i didn't. But also - did you know she was kind of a cunt?"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5721523&forum_id=2).#48911069)