Pro-Palestine Protesters Target Home of Media Super Agent Jay Sures — Smear Red Handprints On Walls
A group of pro-Palestinian protesters descended on the Brentwood home of UTA super agent and University of California Regent Jay Sures early Wednesday, leaving behind red handprints on his walls, banners, in a chaotic early morning demonstration.
Sures is arguably the most influential agent in all of television news, representing top-tier talent like Fareed Zakaria, David Muir, Anderson Cooper, Bret Baier, Norah O’Donnell, Margaret Brennan, Jen Psaki, Jake Tapper, Chuck Todd, Elizabeth Vargas, and Mediaite founder Dan Abrams.
Organized by the UCLA chapter of Graduate Students for Justice in Palestine, the demonstration kicked off at 6 a.m. (PT) and stretched for two hours. Protesters blocked the street and Sures’ driveway, pounding drums and chanting, as seen in videos shared on Instagram.
The student group labeled Sures an “opp,” slang for enemy, accusing him of being “one of the unelected officials responsible for protecting UC investments in genocide and weapons manufacturing” in support of Israel. The campus was the site of major pro-Palestine protests and actions in 2024.
Even after LAPD officers responded around 6:15 a.m. (PT) to reports of the protest and remained on-site to monitor the 50 to 100 demonstrators. The UCLA Police Department later filed a vandalism report.
Following the incident the University of California issued a statement:
The University strongly supports freedom of speech and the rights of our community members to participate in nonviolent protests, and we condemn all crimes and harassment committed against members of our UC community. We will continue doing everything possible to create a safe and welcoming university community for all.
Speaking to Deadline, Sures said that the protest crossed a dangerous line. “It’s one thing to peacefully protest, but to go to an administrator or a regent’s house… to surround my wife’s car and prevent her from free movement, and to put up signs threatening my family and my life and vandalize the house, that is a big escalation,” he said.
