![]() ![]() The Anti-Defamation League condemns Ye for his "dangerous" posts. Twitter confirms Ye's account has been locked "due to a violation of Twitter's policies," and the "death con 3" tweet is removed. "Welcome back to Twitter, my friend!" Elon Musk, who at the time was in the process of purchasing Twitter, responds.īut later that night, Ye tweets, "I'm a bit sleepy tonight but when I wake up I'm going death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE," claiming, "I actually can't be Anti Semitic because black people are actually Jew also You guys have toyed with me and tried to black ball anyone whoever opposes your agenda." Oct. On Instagram, Ye makes an antisemitic post suggesting rapper Diddy is being controlled by Jewish people in response to Diddy slamming his "White Lives Matter" shirt.Īfter having his Instagram account restricted as a result, Ye subsequently returns to Twitter and slams Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, tweeting, "How you gone kick me off instagram." Ye appears on Tucker Carlson Tonight and defends wearing his "White Lives Matter" shirt, telling the Fox News host he "thought the idea of me wearing it was funny" and that he drew from his "gut instinct, a connection with God, and just brilliance." He added, "The answer to why I wrote 'White Lives Matter' on a shirt is because they do. 6Īmid the ongoing controversy, Adidas announces it has placed its partnership with West "under review." Ye draws support from controversial conservative commentator Candace Owens, who also wears a "White Lives Matter" shirt. ![]() Piedras Gordas holds local crime bosses and terrorism convicts, including Shining Path guerrillas."It's a dangerously dumb message to send for someone with his massive platform," The Atlantic writer Jemele Hill tweets. Meanwhile, prison authorities said that van der Sloot was transferred from a Lima prison to a high-security Piedras Gordas lockup in response to reports that he had enjoyed privileges such as television, internet access and a cell phone. He also was ordered to pay $75,000 in reparations to the victim’s family. The original sentencing document said van der Sloot was guilty of “first-degree murder with aggravating factors of ferocity and great cruelty” and detailed how he elbowed Flores in the face, beat her repeatedly, then strangled her with his bloodied shirt. In January 2023, he was given an additional 18 years in prison for trafficking cocaine while behind bars. A day later, van der Sloot is sentenced to 28 years in prison by a three-member panel of judges in Peru for killing Flores. ![]() That same week, a judge in Alabama declares Holloway legally dead. His lawyer argued that the killing was triggered by trauma from being the prime suspect in Holloway’s disappearance. Van der Sloot pleads guilty to killing Flores, telling a judge: “I truly am sorry for this act. Prosecutors accused him of accepting $25,000 in return for a promise to lead a lawyer for Holloway’s mother to her daughter’s remains. The day he was arrested, van der Sloot was indicted in Alabama. Prosecutors accused him of killing Flores to rob her after learning she had won money at the casino. Van der Sloot told police he flew into a rage when Flores discovered his connection to Holloway while they were playing online poker in his hotel room. He later tried to retract the confession. Van der Sloot fled to Chile but was arrested four days later and taken back to Peru, where he confessed to killing her. The 21-year-old business student had met van der Sloot at a Lima casino. Van der Sloot and a journalist publish a book in Dutch about the case in which he denies killing Holloway and says: “I hope every day that Natalee will be found.”įive years to the day that Holloway vanished, Stephany Flores was killed. Van der Sloot was held for an additional 60 days. The Kalpoes, who were security guards at a hotel near the one where Holloway was staying, were taken into custody in June and held for nearly a month. They claimed to have dropped her off at her hotel.Īll three were repeatedly detained but freed over a lack of evidence of a crime. television shows to maintain pressure on investigators.Ĭlassmates said they had seen Holloway outside a nightclub in a car with van der Sloot, then 17 years old, and two other local residents - Surinamese brothers Deepak and Satish Kalpoe. Holloway’s parents went to the island to pass out fliers and monitor searches. Her disappearance made international headlines and sparked a furor in the United States. Holloway, 18, of Mountain Brook, Alabama, a wealthy Birmingham suburb, vanishes while on a high school graduation trip to Dutch-owned Aruba, an island in the Caribbean. ![]()
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