Long Island restaurateur allegedly beat and hurled gay slurs at staffer

[Demovictory9]

https://nypost.com/2020/10/12/restauranteur-allegedly-beat-and-hurled-gay-slurs-at-a-staffer/

A Long Island restaurateur berated and beat a gay employee in front of other staffers after he wore the wrong shoes to work, slugging him so hard, a tooth flew from his mouth as he barked, “F—king faggot, I’ll murder you!,” according to a new federal lawsuit.

On Nov. 15, 2019, Emilio’s Pizzeria & Ristorante owner Emilio Branchinelli, who has launched at least five Long Island eateries in the last decade, noticed that waiter Michael Abenante was wearing black Converse sneakers, according to the complaint filed in Brooklyn federal court Friday.

Branchinelli ordered the server, who was hired at the Commack restaurant in late 2017, to buy new shoes on his break or “find another f–king job,” wrote attorney John Luke Jr. in the complaint.

But when Abenante returned with a new pair, an enraged Branchinelli told him they were not the right shoes. “You look like a f–king homo mountain climber, are you f–king stupid?” his boss allegedly admonished. “You and your c–t mother both should’ve died when she pushed you out!”

The disturbing tirade continued as Branchinelli chased the waiter from the restaurant, allegedly kicking him in the lower back and punching him in the face so hard, he spat out a tooth, the complaint alleges. “F–king faggot, I’ll murder you,” Branchinelli allegedly seethed during the beating.

[magicarpet]

1. Arrest this Fascist gestapo pig restaurateur.

Wonder who he might vote for pres.?

[NNadir]

2. Asshole. I grew up near Commack and I know the type of...

...hostility and casual brutality of that can prevail there.

The employee should sue him out of existence.

[BlueStater]

3. Why is "fuck" censored but not "faggot"?

Weird.

Also not too crazy about having to go to the “New York Compost” to read this story.

Anyway, this lunatic has issues. Wish the article included a photo of this deranged asshole.

[Laelth]

4. Somehow, I doubt that this will help Mr. Branchinelli's business.

It’s tough running a restaurant, but it’s really hard to keep a business afloat without any customers, and this owner just lost a lot of them.

-Laelth

[dalton99a]

5. Emilio's Pizzeria & Ristorante owner Emilio Branchinelli

[The Magistrate]

6. The Story Fails To Mention An Arrest, Sir

Surely there was one?

This is felony assault.

The man should be doing time.

[BusyBeingBest]

8. The civil suit (after all criminal proceedings have been pursued) should

result in a sweet pile o' cash for this poor server. Clean this animal out, take his assets, put him out of business. Edit to add: I once had a female boss at a donut shop berate me in front of customers so badly that a customer yelled at her in defense of me. My crime was not realizing that someone's order had already been boxed and bagged and was ready to go. She was irrational and obviously disliked me, but not violent, thank goodness. This server can pursue a hate crime charge I believe.