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Dane Baptiste Dropped By His Agencies As He Issues First Statement Since Making Death Threat To Fellow Comic; Police Now Investigating – UPDATE


Dane Baptiste has been dropped by agencies Insanity and Gag Reflex and reported to the police after death threat, while he issues first statement

EXCLUSIVE: British comedian Dane Baptiste has been dropped by his agencies and “apologised profusely” via a statement after making an antisemitic death threat towards a female colleague, which has been reported to the Met Police. “Insanity became aware of a social media post published by Dane on Instagram yesterday,” said a spokesperson for the agency that reps Maya Jama and Mollie King. Addressing the inflammatory post in the past hour, the 42-year-old comic, who has created two BBC shows and made numerous TV appearances, said he “apologises profusely” for a “massive error of judgement.”

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