Penn State Police close investigation into Jason Kelce phone smashing incident

Jason Kelce is reportedly in the clear regarding the phone-smashing incident that went viral a little over a month ago, as Penn State Police are closing their investigation, per TMZ Sports.

“Jason Kelce can officially move on from the phone-smashing incident at Penn State last month,” TMZ Sports reported. “University Police tell TMZ Sports they’ve closed the investigation into the incident.”

TMZ Sports added that a spokeswoman for the department told them the case has been closed: “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.”

The moment in question featured Kelce, who was in Happy Valley for the Penn State–Ohio State football game, walking around campus when a fan filming him yelled out, “Hey Kelce, how does it feel that your brother [Travis Kelce] is a [homophobic slur] for dating Taylor Swift?”

In response, Kelce turned around, grabbed his phone and slammed it on the ground. The former Philadelphia Eagles star center picked up the phone, looked at the man and said, “Who’s the [homophobic slur] now?” 

Following the incident, Kelce has been apologetic for his use of the slur and the incident as a whole, even opening up the following episode of ESPN‘s “Monday Night Countdown” by issuing an apology for the moment of weakness.

“I think everybody’s seen on social media everything that took place this week,” Kelce said. “I’m not happy with everything 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 that’s a productive thing. I really don’t. I don’t think that it leads to discourse and is the right the way to go about things. In that moment, I fell down to a level that I shouldn’t have. 

“Bottom line is, I 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 gonna keep doing that moving forward even though I fell short this week. I’m gonna do that moving forward and continue to do that.”

Many have stood by Jason Kelce’s side throughout the ordeal, and will be thankful this is the resolution it’s come to, even if he was only defending his family.

On3’s Nick Geddes contributed to this article.