*In the wake of the NBA All-Star Game, Jaylen Brown of the Boston Celtics went on record to challenge the City of Beverly Hills over the shutdown of a private gathering he organized the night before.
According to CBS News, the event took place at the residence of Jim Jannard, the founder of Oakley, and served as a promotional platform for Brown’s performance brand, 741. Ahead of Brown’s rebuttal, Beverly Hills officials issued a statement to the Boston Globe disputing the event’s legitimacy and citing a prior permit denial at the property.
“An event permit had been applied for and denied by the City due to previous violations associated with events at the address,” the statement read. “Despite the fact that the permit was denied, organizers still chose to proceed with inviting hundreds of guests knowing that it was not allowed to occur. BHPD responded and shut down the unpermitted event.”
Brown pushed back against the city’s account when speaking to ESPN after the All-Star Game on Sunday. “I’m offended by Beverly Hills, by the statement they put out, like we applied for something and didn’t get it, and we did it anyway (and) we were insubordinate,” he said. “I know how to follow the rules. I’m smart enough to follow the guidelines.”
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The Celtics star flatly denied that any permit was ever sought, arguing that none was required given the nature of the gathering. “That was not true. We didn’t need a permit because the owner of the house, that was his space. We were family friends. He opened up the festivities to us so we didn’t have to. We never applied for one,” Brown told ESPN.
The two sides remain at odds over what actually transpired, with the city and Brown offering conflicting accounts of the evening’s events.
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