When Insider published an investigative article accusing Portnoy of choking two women during sexual encounters and filming them without their consent, he immediately went on the offensive, attacking the article as a “hit piece.”
“These have included death threats, doxing, online harassment, and targeting of people’s families, friends, and workplaces,” Black wrote in the Insider exposé. A 2019 profile by the Daily Beast reported that female journalists have been a particular target of ire for Barstool fans.
Portnoy also used the occasion to encourage his fans “to prove the silent majority” supports him and his company by buying Barstool’s own brand of frozen pizza, sold through Walmart; Stoolies responded by posting photos of piles of the “One Bite” pizza boxes they had purchased, andOn Monday, Insider said it stood by Black’s story and defended it against Portnoy’s “hit piece” claims.
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