Jason Kelce cleared by Penn State police, won’t face charges for viral phone-throwing incident

Penn State confirmed Tuesday that Kelce won’t face any charges for the Nov. 2 incident in which he appeared to smash the phone of a person who called his brother Travis a homophobic slur.

Former Eagles center Jason Kelce appears on "Monday Night Countdown" before a game between the Los Angeles Chargers and the Baltimore Ravens.Read moreKyusung Gong / AP

by Gabriela Carroll

Published Dec. 10, 2024, 12:33 p.m. ET

Jason Kelce will not face charges for the incident in which he appeared to smash the cell phone of a fan who directed a homophobic slur toward his brother Travis, the Penn State University Police and Public Safety department confirmed to The Inquirer on Tuesday.

”The individual in the video footage circulating on social media has not been identified, and no one has come forward to University Police with a related complaint about damage to personal property,” a representative from the department said.

The matter is now considered resolved. The incident, which took place on Nov. 2 at Beaver Stadium ahead of Penn State’s game against Ohio State, with Kelce in town to participate in Pat McAfee’s kicking challenge, quickly went viral on social media.

Kelce later apologized for his behavior in handling the situation on Monday Night Countdown and again on New Heights.

“Listen, I think everybody’s seen on social media everything that took place this week,” Kelce said on Monday Night Countdown on Nov. 4. “Listen, I’m not happy with anything that took place. I’m not proud of it, and in a heated moment I chose to greet hate with hate, and I just don’t think that’s a productive thing, I really don’t. I don’t think it leads to discourse and it’s the right way to go about things. And in that moment, I fell down to a level that I shouldn’t have.

“I think the bottom line is I want to try to live my life by the Golden Rule. That’s what I’ve always been taught. I try to treat people with common decency and respect, and I’m going to keep doing that moving forward. Even though I fell short this week, I’m going to do that moving forward and continue to do that.”

Kelce, who has a new show debuting on ESPN next month, remained on Monday Night Countdown and the network declined to comment at the time of the incident.