NBC News reported on Friday that a spokesman for the Nantucket Police Department is disputing a key fact in Business Insider’s article accusing Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy of inappropriate sexual activity with three women.
From NBC News:
Nantucket Police spokesman Lt. Angus MacVicar told NBC News on Friday the department had not received a phone call as described in the Insider article and he had not spoken to Black. MacVicar also added that the department was not currently investigating Portnoy.
Business Insider, however, says they did contact the department as part of their investigation and reviewed a complaint:
Insider responded to MacVicar’s statement by saying it had seen a police report with an incident number and spoken with the department in the course of its reporting.
And here’s Portnoy’s reaction:
FROM NBC NEWS
Apparently the great Julia Black had time to contact every girl I’ve ever spoken with but not to reach out to the Nantucket police to verify her sources. Color me shocked! pic.twitter.com/Bt51Iy1ElJ
— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) November 5, 2021
So, which is it?
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Nantucket Police spokesman … told NBC News on Friday the department had not received a phone call as described in the Insider article and he had not spoken to Black. MacVicar also added that the department was not currently investigating Portnoy https://t.co/pkvVVkvHsH
— Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) November 5, 2021
Portnoy added that BI had “8 months” to get the story correct:
8 months!
— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) November 5, 2021
This wrinkle comes at a time when BI is reportedly preparing another story on Portnoy and is in the process of alerting Barstool’s advertisers:
I want to make it very clear what @PatrickCoffee and BI are doing. They are proactively contacting all our advertisers essentially alerting them they are writing another article about us, including a link to the first article 1/5
— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) November 5, 2021
They are essentially threatening them with “do you want to be perceived as supporting a rapist”. The evidence to say Im a rapist is their own reporting that included no evidence or facts to back their claim. Written by a reporter who deleted all her tweets prior to publication
— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) November 5, 2021
This is the Business Insider playbook. A company run by a man convicted of fraud and banned from the Sec for life. Usually these tactics work because Advertisers get scared. Social media becomes an echo chamber of the vocal minority.
— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) November 5, 2021
But it is the silent majority who actually holds all the power if they become vocal and support the advertiser against these hostage tactics. There for the advertiser to lose by caving to the woke mob rather than alienating their core audience.
— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) November 5, 2021
Don’t get me wrong. If I committed the crimes I’ve been accused of I’d walk myself to jail. Yes not stopping when a girl asks you to stop is a crime even if she said yes in beginning. I didn’t do that.Only thing Ive done is have 100% consensual sex. (Checks notes – still legal)
— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) November 5, 2021
We’ll keep you posted.
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