Posted on 12/30/2016 12:11:37 AM PST by Zakeet
A 22-year-old member of the Kennedy family arrested after a bar fight early Thursday was defending a gay friend who was being bullied, his father said.
"Conor has always reacted against bullying," said Robert Kennedy Jr. "I'm happy he stood up for his friend."
John Conor Kennedy - who goes by Conor - had asked a group of four men to apologize to his friend for calling him a common homophobic slur an hour before the fight erupted at about 1:40 a.m. outside the Bootsy Bellows nightclub, Robert Kennedy said.
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Conor Kennedys gay friend, Robert Kennedy said, terming the incident "menacing." ... "I'm very sorry it turned into a police incident," he said. "(Conor's) not liking the attention."
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Robert Kennedy said his son was out with a group of friends while in Aspen for the Christmas holidays. He said he regretted Aspen police having to get involved in the incident because of the way officers treated the Kennedy family when his brother, Michael Kennedy, died Dec. 31, 1997, on Aspen Mountain after skiing into a tree.
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Conor Kennedy is the oldest son of Robert Kennedy Jr. and his second wife, Mary Richardson, according to People.com. Robert Kennedy Jr. is the second son of former President John F. Kennedys brother, Robert F. Kennedy. Conor Kennedy briefly dated Taylor Swift in 2012 when he was 18, according to the website.
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Sorry, the year was 2012.
I don’t care if he fights
But over the word fag is ridiculous
I hope it was more than that
How many here u reckon remember JE?
Two-fisted guy.
Good for him.
“A 22-year-old member of the Kennedy family arrested after a bar fight early Thursday was defending a gay friend who was being bullied, his father said.”
Lol.
These scum make up good stories.
He’s not a violent drunk, no — he’s a social justice warrior literally fighting for the underdog.
That’s a good one alright. F’n Kennedy’s
Sticks and stones! Sticks and stones!
Nobody called anybody a fag. It’s Aspen. It must be 50% gay. They’re probably building his resume for a run in congress or state senate.
They read and sound just like old 70's PSA after sckhool speshuls.
What straight man wears a sweater like that—and without a shirt?
he waited an hour before "asking" the four men to apologize?
Might have taken a few drinks to work up the courage...
Somehow I doubt his buddy being called a “fag” is what prompted the fight. He’s a Kennedy, so I’m going to guess it’s a drug deal that went wrong.
Wasn’t there a young Kennedy a few years back who tried to get into a nightclub with a fake ID and tried to pull a do-you-know-who-I-am?
Bar fight? Technically. I ended up avoiding liberty bars altogether because there was always a spat which usually ended in a full fledged Donnybrook. And I was just there for a beer! Honest!
So, this young man spoke up to defend a friend.
Good for him.
I don’t understand attacking him because of his family’s name.
so somebody called his friend “a common homophobic slur” and he beats them up...
“I’m a Kennedy.Google me!”
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