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NBA suspends employee without pay for two weeks after he shows up to celebrate murder Charlie Kirk.
In an email to Fox News Digital on Wednesday. association representative confirmed that the employee “violated several NBA rules.”
According to OutKickwho first reported the incident, a former employee called Kirk a “horrible person” and an “asshole” in an Instagram story.
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Charlie Kirk speaks on stage during the Turning Point USA Young Women's Leadership Summit at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center on June 14, 2025 in Grapevine, Texas. (Sam Hodd for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
In a message shared by an employee in which he asked what Kirk's “legacy” was, the employee wrote that he did not have one.
“Has done absolutely nothing useful for the world other than spewing dangerous rhetoric…There is no legacy,” it said.
“Oh, I also forgot to include “thoughts and prayers.” LMAO,” another post read.
The NBA told OutKick on Oct. 6 that it was “looking into” the matter but did not provide an update until it announced the suspension on Wednesday, following multiple requests for comment from Fox News Digital and OutKick.
Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, speaks at the Turning Point Action Conference on July 15, 2023 in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Lynn Sladky/AP Photo)
It is unclear when the suspension was decided or what policies were violated. The NBA did not respond to an email from Fox News Digital with those details.
Kirk, who would have turned 32 on Tuesday, was killed at Utah Valley University during a debate with college students. He was shot when asked about gun violence.
President Donald Trump awarded Kirk the posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom on Tuesday in a ceremony attended by Kirk's widow, Erica.
US President Donald Trump posthumously presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk as he presents the medal to his wife Erica Kirk (L) during a ceremony in the White House Rose Garden on October 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
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Earlier this month, Kirk's band Turning Point USA announced it would host its own Super Bowl halftime show in San Francisco, shortly after the NFL announced Bad Bunny would perform at Levi's Stadium.
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