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“Whatever Happened to the Bennet Omalu Foundation at the University of Pittsburgh?”, November 14, https://concussioninc.net/?p=11572
“‘Concussion’ Movie Director, Along With Doc Portrayed by Alec Baldwin, Are Out at University of Pittsburgh’s Inactive Bennet Omalu Foundation,” November 20, https://concussioninc.net/?p=11579
“Bennet Omalu Foundation’s Twitter Account Appears To Be Scrubbed,” November 21, https://concussioninc.net/?p=11584
“University of Pittsburgh: We’re Trying to Find Out What’ s Going on With the Bennet Omalu Foundation and Its Dead Website,” November 22, https://concussioninc.net/?p=11588
by Irvin Muchnick
Dr. Bennet Omalu has confirmed that he is pulling the plug on the University of Pittsburgh foundation bearing his name.
In an email to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Omalu said, “I am making adjustments in my life to reduce the demands on my time and life, which have really gotten worse since the [Concussion] movie was released, and are beginning to affect my family. Since this foundation bears my name, I suggested they shut it down since I no longer wanted to be part of it.”
There is no evidence that the Bennet Omalu Foundation did anything of substance in its 11 months of existence. The producers of Concussion put up around $25,000 for public relations expenses coinciding with the opening of the movie, which starred Will Smith as Omalu. An additional $2,823 in small donations accrued at the end of 2015, presumably through the foundation website, which was shut down on Tuesday. Further financial data should be revealed in the group’s 2016 tax filing.