Robert Kelbie, who has reported ties to Daniel Kinahan, was videotaped with Tyson Fury as he kicked out at the taxi driver in the viral video
Tyson Fury was recently caught on camera in the south of France attempting to hail a cab. Fury can be seen stumbling in the footage before having a conversation with the cabbie. The driver appears to be telling Fury and his entourage that he would not take them as passengers.
Tyson Fury Kicks Taxi Driver After Being Rejected A Ride In France, Viral Video Shows Him Hanging Out With Gangsters
When the driver pulls away, Fury charges the vehicle and kicks it in the bumper, while his buddies try to restrain him. However, it isn’t Fury’s allegedly inebriated behaviour that is causing a stir. It’s who he’s with in this video that’s interesting.
Robert Kelbie is one of the males in the video, according to Sunday World. The 38-year-old Scottish national is said to be a criminal with ties to reputed crime boss Daniel Kinahan, according to the outlet.
Kelbie is said to have ties to the legendary Lyons clan criminal organisation, which is linked to the Kinahan Organized Crime Group, according to the Scottish Sun. Kelbie also has ties to MTK Global, a boxing organisation that once represented Fury but was forced to dissolve after the US government sanctioned Kinahan.
Kinahan has been identified as the de facto boss of the KOCG, a multibillion-dollar cocaine smuggling organisation suspected of being responsible for a number of murders across Ireland, by Irish courts and the US government.
Kinahan formed the firm that would become MTK Global, although according to both sides, he left the firm after the 2016 Regency Hotel shooting in Dublin. The incident, which took place during an MTK boxing weigh-in show, was thought to be a botched assassination attempt on Kinahan. Kinahan then relocated to Dubai.
MTK has grown into one of the most dominant firms in boxing since that incident, representing Fury, Billy Joe Saunders, Carl Frampton, and a slew of other great fighters. Top Rank and ESPN+ have both signed arrangements with MTK. Darren Till (a self-described personal buddy of Kinahan), Aleksandar Rakic, Taila Santos, Dusko Todorovic, and many other fighters were managed by MTK’s MMA branch.
Fury gave an odd interview in the lead-up to his bout with Dillian Whyte in April, in which he indicated that the sanctions against Kinahan, with whom he had been hanging out a few months earlier, were not his problem.
Many people with ties to Kinahan have been sanctioned, including travel bans to the United States. Despite his long affiliation with Kinahan, Fury has never received a sanction.