Danny Masterson rails against 'cowards' behind Kenya terrorist attack that killed his cousin
At least 21 people were killed Tuesday in a terror attack at a hotel compound in Kenya — and one of the victims, American businessman Jason Spindler, was Danny Masterson’s cousin.
The actor from That ’70s Show and The Ranch took to social media to rail against the Somalia-based militant group al-Shabab, which claimed responsibility. A group of men with guns and explosives rushed Nairobi’s DusitD2 compound and carried out the attack, which lasted into Wednesday morning. Masterson’s cousin, who would have turned 41 next week, had previously survived the Sept. 11 terrorist attack.
“Scumbags known as Al-Shabaab attacked a hotel in Kenya as we all now know,” Masterson wrote. “They killed two dozen people including my/our cousin #JasonSpindler. I know these cowards, who weren’t already killed, will die slow painful deaths and we will dance on their graves. You disgrace Islam and you disgrace the beautiful people of the Muslim world. You justify your actions as holy but no Higher Being admits your existence. You are f***ing pieces of s***.”
Masterson ended his post with a message to Spindler: “Godspeed my Texas cuz. Your family will never be the same.”
Spindler was a business investment adviser and the CEO of I-DEV International, a strategy and investment advisory firm that helps grow businesses in emerging markets around the world. He was killed by a suicide bomber while sitting at “his favorite café,” reports Houston news station KHOU 11.
His younger brother, Jonathan, wrote on social media that Spindler “was a survivor of 9/11 and a fighter. I am sure he gave them hell.” Spindler was late to work at Goldman Sachs on 9/11 otherwise he probably would have been killed along with many of his colleagues. “He was coming out of the subway when the buildings started coming down and he was covered with all the dust,” his brother wrote.
After 9/11, Spindler, a University of Texas business graduate who received a doctoral law degree at New York University, joined the Peace Corps in northern Peru and helped farmers develop a co-op that would let them sell to larger markets, his mother, Sarah Spindler, told Houston ABC affiliate KTRK. “We all miss him so much. And it’s so sad that such a bright young person is taken away by terrorism,” she said.
It’s been a tumultuous time for Masterson. In addition to the loss of his cousin, he was written off The Ranch after sexual misconduct allegations were made against him. Masterson has not been charged with any crimes and maintains his innocence.
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