David Portnoy
American entrepreneur
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| April 2025 | Portnoy criticized tariffs in the second Trump administration, claiming to have lost $7 million and expressing frustration with the economic policy. |
| 2024 | Portnoy supported and voted for Donald Trump in the presidential election. |
| 2024 | Donated $277,000 to the LifeLine Animal Project in Atlanta, Georgia, with funds generated from merchandise sales featuring his adopted dog Miss Peaches. |
| March 2024 | Raised over $1.5 million for the family of NYPD officer Jonathan Diller, who was killed on duty. The fundraising included $750,000 from T-shirt sales and a $750,000 personal matching donation. |
| January 2024 | Portnoy launched 'The Unnamed Show' with Ryan Whitney and Kirk Minihane after previous show failures. |
| November 2023 | Portnoy ended his relationship with Silvana Mojica. |
| September 2023 | Portnoy and Barstool Sports hosted the first One Bite Pizza Festival in Brooklyn, New York. |
| August 2023 | Portnoy re-purchased Barstool Sports for one dollar, with specific non-compete agreements and sale conditions. |
| August 2023 | Portnoy was involved in an altercation with Charlie Redd, owner of Dragon Pizza in Somerville, Massachusetts, after criticizing the pizzeria's pizza. |
| February 2023 | Penn Entertainment acquired the remainder of Barstool Sports for $388 million. |
| February 2023 | Portnoy dropped his appeal against the lawsuit dismissal. |
| 2022 | Portnoy called for the removal of Mike Waltz from office in response to Signalgate, while acknowledging the complexity of the situation. |
| 2022 | Criticized the Dobbs v. Jackson Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, calling it 'pure insanity' and arguing against restrictions on women's bodily autonomy. |
| November 2022 | A federal judge dismissed Portnoy's lawsuit against Business Insider. Portnoy subsequently filed an appeal of the dismissal. |
| October 2022 | The 'Dave Portnoy Show with Eddie & Co.' was placed on indefinite hiatus after Portnoy publicly stated the show had become 'terrible'. |
| February 2022 | A second Business Insider article published additional sexual assault and harassment claims against Portnoy by young women. In response, Portnoy announced a lawsuit against the publication. |
| November 2021 | Business Insider published an exposé alleging David Portnoy engaged in violent and aggressive sexual encounters with three women, including claims of non-consensual filming. Portnoy denied the allegations and called the article a 'hit piece'. |
| March 2021 | Portnoy began dating model Silvana Mojica. |
| 2020 | Multiple videos emerged showing Portnoy using racial slurs and making jokes about blackface. Business Insider also reported that he had made numerous unprovoked personal attacks and sexually harassing comments online, particularly towards Laura Wagner from Deadspin. |
| 2020 | Interviewed Donald Trump at the White House. |
| 2020 | Penn Entertainment purchased a 36% stake in Barstool Sports for $163 million. |
| 2020 | Portnoy donated $500,000 to the Barstool Fund, a COVID-19 pandemic relief effort supporting small businesses. By May 2021, the campaign had raised over $39 million for 348 businesses. |
| January 2020 | A tax lien for $11,795 was filed against Portnoy by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. |
| 2019 | Portnoy released a provocative T-shirt with his face on it that read 'Union Buster', following the union-related controversy. |
| 2019 | Portnoy publicly stated his net worth was around $100 million. |
| 2019 | The National Labor Relations Board launched an investigation into Portnoy for threatening to fire workers if they unionized. |
| 2019 | Portnoy was arrested and placed in a holding cell at Mercedes-Benz Stadium during Super Bowl LIII after creating fake passes to attend a press event the day before, and was subsequently prohibited from attending the game. |
| December 2019 | Portnoy reached an informal settlement with the National Labor Relations Board, agreeing to delete threatening tweets and remove anti-union material created by Barstool Sports. |
| 2017 | Portnoy and his wife Renee separated. |
| 2017 | Portnoy began his One Bite Pizza Reviews show with the goal of reviewing every pizza place in Manhattan. |
| January 2016 | The Chernin Group purchased a majority stake in Barstool Sports. |
| 2015 | Portnoy publicly declared support for Donald Trump's presidential campaign, stating he supports Trump's provocative style and ability to challenge political norms. |
| May 12 2015 | Portnoy was arrested after he and three Barstool employees handcuffed themselves to each other on the floor of NFL headquarters in Manhattan, demanding to speak with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to protest Deflategate. |
| 2013 | Ran for mayor of Boston after Mayor Thomas Menino's retirement, identifying as a libertarian. He raised over $17,000 in campaign contributions but failed to submit enough nomination signatures to qualify for the ballot. |
| 2010 | David Portnoy made a controversial blog post about rape, stating that women wearing skinny jeans 'kind of deserve to be raped'. When confronted by Lisa Guerrero of Inside Edition, he doubled down on the statement, claiming it was a 'funny joke'. |
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