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Report: Joakim Noah’s dad receives neo-Nazi death threats

Former tennis star turned pop singer Yannick Noah said he received death threats from neo-Nazi extemist group prior concert France

Former tennis star turned pop singer Yannick Noah said he received death threats from a neo-Nazi extemist group prior to a concert in France, according to a French newspaper report. He is the father of Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noah.

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Yannick Noah, the father of Bulls’ center Joakim Noah, said he was the target of death threats and racial slurs from neo-Nazis prior to playing a concert in France, a French newspaper reported on Sunday.

The former tennis star turned singer contacted police after receiving the threats in a theater in Roanne, the France Soir reported.

The former French Open champion said the the threatening messages were signed by Phinehas, a local extremist group, the report said.




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