<p>Parents of a young <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/its-a-little-scary-young-chiefs-fan-reacts-blackface-accusations-after-painting-face-for-game" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kansas City Chiefs fan</a> — who was accused of &#8220;blackface&#8221; by Deadspin — are threatening to sue the magazine and reporter after the writer blasted the little fan who painted his face half red and half black for the team&#8217;s last game against the Las Vegas Raiders.</p>
<p>Holden Armenta&#8217;s parents, Shannon and Raul &#8216;Bubba,&#8217; have hired Clare Locke LLP to demand a retraction to its story with a headline that read, &#8220;The NFL needs to speak out against the Kansas City Chiefs fan in Black face, Native headdress,&#8221; <a href="https://www.newsnationnow.com/race-in-america/kansas-city-chiefs-fan-deadspin-defamation-lawsuit/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NewsNation</a> reported.</p>
<p>In a letter obtained by the outlet, the Armentas wrote that, &#8220;These articles, posts on X and photos about Holden and his parents must be retracted immediately.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;It is not enough to quietly remove a tweet from X or disable the article from Deadspin&#8217;s website,&#8221; the letter added. &#8220;You must publish your retractions and issue an apology to my clients with the same prominence and fanfare with which you defamed them.&#8221;</p>
<p>The outlet also noted that the Chiefs fan&#8217;s family have threatened further action against the author Carron J. Phillips, Deadspin, G/O Media, and Great Hill Partners.</p>
<p>Last week, Holden and his father appeared on &#8220;<a href="https://x.com/JesseBWatters/status/1730033576404468100?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jesse Watters Prime Time</a>&#8221; to discuss the fan being in the spotlight following allegations of racism from Phillips.</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s been a lot. It&#8217;s been a pretty crazy couple of days,&#8221; Bubba said. &#8220;I was mad, upset for him. I&#8217;m mad that he&#8217;s upset. He&#8217;s pretty devastated. I mean, he&#8217;s seen the videos and everything posted.&#8221;</p>
<p>Armenta&#8217;s father also said it was &#8220;too late&#8221; for an apology from Phillips.</p>
<p>&#8220;The damage is already done,&#8221; Bubba said. &#8220;It&#8217;s, you know, worldwide. Now there&#8217;s comments all over, there&#8217;s, you know, disrespect towards Native Americans and towards my family. We never in any way, shape or form meant to disrespect any Native Americans or any tribes.&#8221;</p>
<p>Watters then asked Holden how he was holding up.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">EXCLUSIVE: The 9-year-old Chiefs fan, who was falsely smeared as a racist for supporting his team, speaks out on Primetime.</p>
<p>Holden Armenta says this whole thing has been scary and overwhelming. His father, Bubba, says it&#8217;s too late for an apology- the damage is already done. <a href="https://t.co/8T4WsMsvm6">pic.twitter.com/8T4WsMsvm6</a></p>
<p>— Jesse Watters (@JesseBWatters) <a href="https://twitter.com/JesseBWatters/status/1730033576404468100?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 30, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s OK because a lot of kids at school are getting excited, but it&#8217;s starting to get me a little nervous because if they go a little bit overboard, it&#8217;s a little scary,&#8221; Holden said.</p>
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<p>Holden’s mom later took to Facebook and defended her son, calling out the sports blog.</p>
<p>&#8220;This has nothing to do with the NFL,&#8221; Shannon Armenta wrote. &#8220;Also, CBS showed him multiple times and this is the photo people chose to blast to create division. He is Native American — just stop already.&#8221;</p>
<p>Holden is from an American Indian family, and his grandfather is on the board of the Chumash tribe in Santa Ynez, California, according to <a href="https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-the-young-kansas-city-chiefs-fan-deadspin-tried-to-cancel-over-false-black-face-and-racism-accusations-is-native-american" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Post Millennial</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/its-a-little-scary-young-chiefs-fan-reacts-blackface-accusations-after-painting-face-for-game" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8216;It&#8217;s A Little Scary&#8217;: Young Chiefs Fan Reacts &#8216;Blackface&#8217; Accusations After Painting Face For Game</a></strong></p>

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