Fat-shaming insult leads to violent brawl at Tequesta cleaners, manager arrested

TEQUESTA, Fla. (CBS12) — “Fat f***” was the insult that sparked a violent workplace brawl in Tequesta, ending with one man in handcuffs and another in the hospital.

According to a probable cause affidavit from the Tequesta Police Department (TPD), officers responded to Puritan Cleaners at 150-20 N. U.S. Highway 1 around 6:39 a.m. on August 7, after reports of a physical altercation. A detective arrived to find the victim bleeding from the back of his head inside the work area.

The victim told police he was attacked by his manager, Gerald Allen Clark, 58, following a heated verbal exchange…

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