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\n<\/span><\/p>\nUS basketball player Kobe Bryant has been fined $100,000 (\u00a361,000) for using a homophobic slur during an NBA game on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
The Los Angeles Lakers star’s outburst was caught on camera as he reacted to being judged to have committed a foul.<\/p>\n
Bryant is shown apparently mouthing the word “…faggot” after failing to get the referee’s attention.<\/p>\n
The player has apologised and said his action was out of “frustration in the heat of the game”.<\/p>\n
“What I said last night should not be taken literally,” said Bryant, who also punched his chair and tossed a towel following referee Bennie Adams’s call.<\/p>\n
NBA commissioner David Stern said in a statement that Bryant’s comment was “offensive and inexcusable”.<\/p>\n
“While I’m fully aware that basketball is an emotional game, such a distasteful term should never be tolerated. Accordingly, I have fined Kobe $100,000.”<\/p>\n
The Human Rights Campaign, a gay civil rights group, said Bryant’s “horribly offensive and distasteful” language “perpetuates a culture of discrimination” and called for a fuller apology.<\/p>\n
Bryant is one of the highest paid US sportsmen and one of US basketball’s most celebrated stars.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n
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