Long Island restaurateur allegedly beat and hurled gay slurs at staffer [View all]

[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.