Remember the Papa John's Racism Controversy? Unsealed Court Filings Allege It Was Set-Up
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westernjournal.com ^
| 3/5/2021 | Christine Favocci
Cancel culture becomes dangerous when it can be weaponized against someone — and it looks as though that’s exactly what happened to John Schnatter. The Papa John’s Pizza founder was forced to step down from his role as company pitchman and CEO for using a racial slur during a May 2018 conference
call. At that time of the call, Schnatter was already in the left’s crosshairs and smeared as a racist for his outspoken objections to the NFL brass allowing players to kneel for the national anthem. Apparently Jason Stein, Laundry Service CEO at the time, “began to discuss how...
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89-year-old man who works 30 hours a week as a Papa John's delivery driver gets a $12,000 'tip' — and his reaction is priceless
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The Blaze ^
| September 25, 2020 | Sarah Taylor
Dare you not to sob An online fundraiser for 89-year-old Derlin Newey — who works 30 hours a week at a Papa John's in Roy, Utah, in order to pay his bills — received more than $12,000 in donations after he went viral on the internet earlier this month. A
video captured the incredible moment a local family delivered the donation to the incredibly hardworking elderly man. What are the details? Newey unknowingly gained internet fame on TikTok earlier this month when he delivered pizza to a family. Carlos Valdez and his family recorded their interaction with Newey, who engaged...
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Papa John's founder says Goya CEO 'should be able to speak his mind,' not be 'scared' of the left
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Fox News ^
| July 16 2020 | Shawn M. Carter
Papa John’s pizza chain founder John Schnatter said during a recent interview that Goya CEO Bob Unanue “should be able to speak his mind” and share his political opinions. "Everybody
on the left keeps preaching diversity unless it's diversity of thought, diversity of philosophy, or diversity of ideology," Schnatter told Just the News. "And if you don't think a certain way, then you get persecuted. That's not diversity."
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Papa John's founder John Schnatter's first exclusive since scandal
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Fox Business ^
| 9/9/19 | Julia Limitone
Papa John’s founder and CEO John Schnatter, in his first interview since stepping down amid controversy, told FOX Business in an exclusive interview with Maria Bartiromo on “Mornings with Maria” that he resigned because he was ready to retire. ...“There's
never been any racial slurs," he said. "There has been never been any use of the word. That's probably been the most frustrating. That's not true at all. The call was 52 minutes and it was totally anti-racist. At the very end of the call, I simply stated what it was another founder said in the way he went about...
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In Reversal, Ball State Removes Name of Papa John's Founder
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U.S. News ^
| Aug. 16, 2018 | AP
<p>MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — Ball State University's trustees have voted to remove the name of alumnus and Papa John's founder John Schnatter from a business institute because of his use of a racial slur.</p> <p>The board voted 8-1 Thursday to remove the name from the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise and
return money donated by the Schnatter Family Foundation. The vote came nearly two weeks after the trustees issued a statement Aug. 3 supporting Schnatter .</p>
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Ball State sees large response after Papa John's decision
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Yahoo News ^
| Aug 8, 2018 | AP
MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — More than 500 people have emailed Ball State University about its decision to support Papa John's founder John Schnatter amid controversy over his use of a racial slur. Trustees
decided Friday to support the pizza-chain founder, who graduated from the university in 1983, The Star Press reported . Since then, hundreds of people have emailed the university, taken to social media or signed a petition regarding the decision. The university is in the process of reviewing the messages, which have included both positive and negative reactions, university spokeswoman Kathy Wolf said. Wolf said university officials condemn...
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'The wounds are still there': Group calls for Papa John's pizza boycott
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The Louisville Courier Journal | August 8, 2018 | Darcy Costello
Link only due to copyright issues: https://www.courier-journal.com/story/ne
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Papa John's founder sues to access corporate records
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Houston Chronicle ^
| 7-26-2018
The founder of Papa John's pizza is suing for access to the company's books and records after he resigned this month amid reports he used a racial slur during a media training session. In
a complaint filed Thursday, John Schnatter says he wants access to the documents because of the "unexplained and heavy-handed way" that Papa John's International Inc. has treated him. The court filing comes as the company tries to distance itself from Schnatter, who resigned as chairman after Forbes published a July 11 article about the alleged slur. Schnatter says he has been falsely accused, and calls his...
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Colonel Sanders' family defends him amid Papa John's scand
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CNBC ^
| July 19, 2018 | Lucy Handley
... Then on Friday, Schnatter told Louisville radio station WHAS that he was “just talking the way that the Colonel talked.” Colonel
Sanders’ grandson Trigg Adams told the Louisville Courier Journal on Wednesday that it is “an absolute lie” that Sanders used the racial slur or any other racially offensive words. “He’s a weasel,” Adams said about Schnatter, the Courier Journal reported. “Because he's prejudiced, he’s trying to say somebody else was, too. (Sanders) had absolutely no prejudice against anybody.” Sanders, who died in 1980, donated more than $20 million to charities, including to black churches, Adams added.
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Papa John's founder John Schnatter says resignation 'was a mistake'
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Yahoo! News ^
| July 18, 2018 | Karma Allen, Good Morning America, ABC News
The founder of Papa John's said he made “a mistake” when he agreed to step down as chairman of the company’s board last week amid “mischaracterized” reports about his use of a racial slur earlier this year. In
a letter addressed to members of the company's board, pizza chain founder John Schnatter said board members pressured him to resign without "any investigation" and based its decision on “rumor and innuendo.” “The board asked me to step down as chairman without apparently doing any investigation. I agreed, though today I believe it was a mistake to do so,” Schnatter said, according...
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John Schnatter moves to regain position on Papa John's board
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WAVE3 ^
| July 17, 2018 | WAVE3
LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - Pizza mogul John Schnatter is making major moves to repair his reputation and regain his position on the Papa John's board. WAVE
3 News learned Schnatter has now hired Hollywood power lawyer Patricia Glaser, after he admitted to using the N-word during a conference call in a way he maintains was mischaracterized. Glaser has a lot of experience representing big names including disgraced movie executive Harvey Weinstein, Keith Olbermann, Conan O'Brien and celebrity chef Paula Deen after her N-word scandal. WAVE 3 News obtained a letter Glaser sent to the Papa John's Board of Directors on...
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Louisville Removes Papa John's Name From Football Stadium, Business School...
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Deadspin ^
| 7/13/18 | David Roth
A week that began with reports that Papa John’s founder Papa “John” Schnatter somehow worked an overt hard-r racial slur into a conference call with a marketing company is ending with the removal of Schnatter’s name from virtually everything on which it had previously been emblazoned. There
are only so many of these left at this point, but the University of Louisville announced on Friday that it would begin the work of prying Papa’s brand off their football stadium and, uh, The John H. Schnatter Center for Free Enterprise at the Louisville College of Business. He had already withdrawn from...
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Yankees suspend relationship with Papa John's after founder uses N-word
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Newark Star-Ledger ^
| July 13, 2018 | Mike Rosenstein
The New York Yankees have joined the growing list of businesses which are distancing themselves from Papa John's. The club released this statement Friday afternoon: "In response to the reprehensible remarks made by Papa John's founder and owner, the New York Yankees are suspending their relationship with the company." Papa
John's founder John Schnatter resigned as chairman of the board on Wednesday, hours after Schnatter apologized for using a racial slur during a conference call in May.
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Derek Jeter's Marlins cut ties with Papa John's
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New York Daily News ^
| July 12, 2018 | Scott Chiusano
Major League Baseball is doing its best to cut all ties with Papa John’s and its racist founder, with Derek Jeter and the Miami Marlins leading the charge. A
recording of John Schnatter using the N-word was uncovered by Forbes on Wednesday, and the ex-CEO stepped down shortly after.
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Papa John's founder John Schnatter resigns as chairman over N-word controversy
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Fox ^
Papa John’s founder John Schnatter resigned as the company’s chairman on Wednesday night after fallout over his use of the n-word during a conference call. ... Schnatter used the n-word on a conference call in May. The call was specifically designed as a role-playing exercise to prevent future public-relations disasters. “Colonel
Sanders called blacks n—–s,” Schnatter said, before complaining that Sanders never faced public backlash...
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Papa John's founder resigns as chairman of company's board
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The Hill ^
| 07/12/18 | Mary Tyler March
Papa John's founder John Schnatter resigned as company chairman late Wednesday after it was reported that he used the N-word during a conference call in May. The company said in a statement that it will appoint a new chairman in the coming weeks. The
news comes the same day Schnatter faced intense backlash for using the racial slur while taking part in an exercise on handling public relations. Forbes first reported on the comments Wednesday, stating that Schnatter used the N-word after being asked how he would distance himself from racist groups. The question came in response to blowback Schnatter...
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Peyton Manning unloads his Papa John's franchises in Denver area
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Fox News ^
| 3/6/2018 | By Bradford Betz
Peyton Manning, the retired NFL quarterback and Papa John's pizza spokesman, reportedly sold his stake in 31 Papa John’s pizza locations around Denver just two days before the NFL and the pizza chain ended their partnership in late February. Manning's stake was part of a six-year joint venture with Papa John’s International,
said Peter Collins, a spokesman for Papa John’s. Collins said a new franchisee, who owns locations in other markets, had purchased Manning's locations and assumed ownership.
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Papa John's, NFL end partnership in wake of anthem protest flap, declining sales
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Yahoo News ^
| 2/27/18
If you’re a fan of corny commercials featuring prominent NFL faces peddling mediocre pizza while you watch football, we’ve got bad news. The
NFL and Papa John’s broke up on Tuesday. The pizza chain announced the news during an earnings call Tuesday afternoon. “We will shift our marketing from the broader NFL sponsorship,” CEO Steve Ritchie said on a conference call with investors. The NFL and Papa John’s released a joint statement that the pizza chain will still do business on a regional level with teams in 22 markets. Schnatter made the statement after watching shares of the company plummet...
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Papa John's founder out as CEO weeks after NFL comments
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AJC ^
| 12/21/17 | AP Retail Writer
Papa John's founder John Schnatter will step down as CEO next month, about two months after he publicly criticized the NFL leadership over national anthem protests by football players — comments for which the company later apologized.
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Papa John's apologizes for criticizing NFL anthem protests
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Fox Business ^
| 11/15/17
Papa John's Pizza apologized Tuesday night for comments made by CEO John Schnatter blaming sluggish pizza sales on NFL players kneeling during the national anthem. The
Louisville, Kentucky-based company is a major NFL sponsor and advertiser, and Schnatter said on an earnings call on Nov. 1 that "NFL leadership has hurt Papa John's shareholders" and that the protests "should have been nipped in the bud a year and a half ago." The company tweeted a statement offering to "work with the players and league to find a positive way forward."
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