The bartender at the center of a viral video in which he was assaulted at a San Francisco restaurant by a customer was fired by his employer this week.
The big picture: Miguel Marchese’s termination from Hazie’s — first reported by the SF Gazetteer — took effect Sunday after he was notified by email the day before, he confirmed to Axios.
Catch up quick: The Dec. 13 incident at the Hayes Valley restaurant led by celebrity chef Joey Altman drew global attention when a video surfaced online showing a confrontation in which two customers berated and physically confronted staff.
- A woman was seen shouting, filming and lunging toward employees and pulling Marchese by the hair while he attempted to remove her from the restaurant after she and her date were denied service.
- The woman, later identified as Shireen Afkari, was arrested for public intoxication and fired from her job at the tech company Strava.
What they’re saying: “At the end of the day, I really didn’t do anything wrong,” Marchese, 25, told Axios. “I don’t deserve to get my hair pulled at work and then get fired from my job.”…