removed - Bad Sporters https://www.badsporters.com News Blogging About Athletes Being Caught Up Mon, 06 Apr 2020 07:28:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 Two EWU football players removed from team, one charged in connection with thefts https://www.badsporters.com/2020/04/06/two-ewu-football-players-removed-from-team-one-charged-in-connection-with-thefts/ https://www.badsporters.com/2020/04/06/two-ewu-football-players-removed-from-team-one-charged-in-connection-with-thefts/#respond Mon, 06 Apr 2020 07:28:00 +0000 https://badsporters.com/?p=5350 An Eastern Washington University football player has been removed from the team after being charged with multiple counts of theft. James Durr, 18, was charged with theft, identity theft and making false statements after police say he stole a fellow college student’s wallet last month. Durr is a freshman from Vancouver, Washington, according to the […]

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An Eastern Washington University football player has been removed from the team after being charged with multiple counts of theft.

James Durr, 18, was charged with theft, identity theft and making false statements after police say he stole a fellow college student’s wallet last month. Durr is a freshman from Vancouver, Washington, according to the EWU football roster.

Fellow football player Jordan White has also been interviewed by police in relation to the crimes, as the Easterner first reported.

A student reported her wallet had been stolen from her room in Snyamncut Hall on Feb. 25. When EWU police arrived, they found Durr and White talking to the victim, court records say.

The players told police they saw a woman enter the victim’s room and flee, both giving a detailed description of the suspect. The players said they went door to door looking for the suspect, court records say.

After reviewing surveillance footage of the area, police didn’t see a suspect matching the players’ description. Another student went to police the next day and said White and Durr committed the theft, court records say.

Durr admitted to police during an interview that he lied to police and stole the wallet, court records indicate.

Multiple witnesses told police Durr discussed planning the robbery with White.

The victim told police Durr and White did have permission to be in her room before her wallet was stolen.

Another football player told police Durr made an unauthorized Paypal transfer from his account on March 2.

Durr admitted to finding the teammate’s wallet in the locker room and taking pictures of his debit card to make unauthorized transfers, court records show.

Durr was arrested on March 4 but has since been released.

White was also interviewed by police but denied any involvement in the crimes, according to court documents.

White is a freshman defensive back from Lynwood, California, majoring in criminal justice, according to the team’s roster.

White has not been charged with a crime. Both players were removed from the EWU football team and will go through the student conduct process.

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'Survivor' contestant previously accused of inappropriate touching removed from show before finale https://www.badsporters.com/2020/01/11/survivor-contestant-previously-accused-of-inappropriate-touching-removed-from-show-before-finale/ https://www.badsporters.com/2020/01/11/survivor-contestant-previously-accused-of-inappropriate-touching-removed-from-show-before-finale/#respond Sat, 11 Jan 2020 14:26:10 +0000 https://www.badsporters.com/?p=4621 A “Survivor” contestant who was previously accused by another player of inappropriate touching was removed from the game, viewers learned during Wednesday night’s episode. Dan Spilo became the first contestant to be kicked out of the competition without getting voted off in the CBS show’s nearly 40 seasons since its premiere in 2000. In Wednesday’s […]

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A “Survivor” contestant who was previously accused by another player of inappropriate touching was removed from the game, viewers learned during Wednesday night’s episode.

Dan Spilo became the first contestant to be kicked out of the competition without getting voted off in the CBS show’s nearly 40 seasons since its premiere in 2000.

In Wednesday’s episode, the last before the “Island of the Idols” finale, show host Jeff Probst approached the remaining contestants on their 36th day in Fiji, saying he had “to share some news.”

“So I just spoke privately with Dan, and I want to update you guys. A decision has been made, and Dan will not be returning to the game. He won’t be coming back to camp. He won’t be on the jury. He’s gone,” Probst tells the contestants, some of whom are given the chance to briefly react on camera.

“Dan was removed from the game after a report of another incident, which happened off-camera and did not involve a player,” a title card said at the end of the episode. No other information was provided, and CBS declined to comment further.

Probst also declined to provide more details in an interview with Entertainment Weekly. “Out of respect for privacy and confidentiality, I can’t say anymore,” he said.

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“It has been an unprecedented season,” Probst said. “Complex social issues were woven into the game in a way we have never seen before.”

The removal of Spilo comes after a previous incident last month.

In the episode then, viewers were informed that the producers had met with each contestant and issued Spilo, 49, a warning after a female contestant, Kellee Kim, 30, expressed that she was uncomfortable with Spilo’s alleged inappropriate touching.

In that episode in November, two other female contestants express to Kim that they also have felt uneasy around Spilo, but later they admitted on camera that they were either exaggerating or fabricating misconduct allegations in the name of gameplay, which ultimately led to Kim being voted off.

The two other women issued statements after the episode aired apologizing for how they handled the situation, saying that, during filming, they weren’t fully aware of the seriousness of Kim’s accusations.

Kim, an MBA student, said in a statement Wednesday night that “CBS and Survivor were on notice of Dan’s behavior for the very first days of the game.”

“And, as Survivor fans know, shortly after I spoke up on camera, I was voted off the show,” Kim wrote. “I’ve continued to feel disappointed by how this pattern of behavior was allowed for so long.”

“While I wish many things had gone differently, I’m glad that my decision to speak up made a difference. What is most important to me now is how all of us — CBS, Survivor, other organizations, and all of us as individuals — decide to learn from this story and commit to take action,” Kim added.

Following Spilo’s removal, many on social media, including some former “Survivor” contestants and TV critics, chided CBS and the show for failing to discipline him sooner and for being vague about the reason he was ultimately taken off the show.

“Predators will continue to prey until they are stopped. This predator could have and should have been stopped long ago, but those in power made a choice not to stop him. Shame on you, Survivor,” former contestant Zeke Smith wrote on Twitter.

“The evasiveness of that closing title card on ‘Survivor’ tonight requires that one have faith in the ‘Survivor’ producers and their discretion in a way that ‘Survivor’ proved this season those producers no longer deserve,” Hollywood Reporter TV critic Daniel Fienberg tweeted.

Probst told Entertainment Weekly, “We have learned a great deal and it will inform our process and protocols on how to evolve moving forward. While we still want to maintain the competitive aspect of the game, above all, we want to ensure that all players always feel safe and respected.”

A woman who answered the phone at a number listed for Spilo told NBC News: “We don’t have any comment.”

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