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A finance director was reportedly fired after a video showed him fighting restaurant workers in New York City.
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Credit Suisse’s Roman Cambell was “terminated” after the Shanghai Mong altercation in Koreatown.
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Sunabi Yi, whose parents own the restaurant, told Insider the family is “mentally traumatized” by the incident.
A finance director was reportedly fired after a viral video showed him arguing with restaurant workers in New York City.
Roman Cambell, a director of Credit Suisse, forced his way to Shanghai Mong in Koreatown to use the bathrooms, said Sunabi Yi, whose parents own the restaurant.
Yi told The Independent that when the incident happened early on June 4, her mother, Jane Yi, told Campbell that toilets were for customers only. But Cambell refused to leave the restaurant and became increasingly aggressive towards the staff, Sunabi Yi told the outlet.
Cambell started recording the incident on his phone, as did Jane Yi. At one point, Cambell tried to take the phone from Jane Yi, Sunabi Yi told the Independent.
“We’re just mentally traumatized,” Yi told Insider. “Throughout the whole thing, my mom was scared. She started calling the police because it was getting out of hand. And as he walked to the back of the restaurant, he thought, ‘I’m going to wait for the police.’ You better call the police. I’m not moving.'”
The restaurant surveillance video quoted by the Independent showed Cambell making his way to the back of the restaurant near the kitchen as several people tried to stop him.
“His friends tried to push him out,” Yi told Insider. “They reached the front of the restaurant, and a few minutes later the police came, and then he left the restaurant.”
Yi told the Independent that Cambell punched a server, Jose Morales, about ten times during the altercation.
“He started punching Jose’s forehead. His friends tried to drag him out, and then Roman started fighting with his friends,” Yi said, adding that she posted the video on social media to try and figure out Cambell’s identity. and was approached by multiple Credits. Suisse employees who confirmed his identity.
Yi told Insider that the waiter, Morales, is doing better but is still concerned about the incident.
“He’s better now. He’s just afraid to serve customers drinking now. His forehead was bruised for a few days and the tip of his finger was a little chafed,” Yi told Insider.
The Independent reported that Cambell “had been terminated” by Credit Suisse, citing a source close to the matter. A Credit Suisse spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Sunday.
“Credit Suisse is aware of the allegations circulating on social media that have taken place outside of ownership and are unrelated to Credit Suisse,” a spokesperson told the Independent. “Credit Suisse maintains and adheres to a policy that condemns discrimination, bullying or violence of any kind.”
Yi told Insider that she has been in contact with the New York City Police Department. The officers who came to the restaurant on June 4 spoke more with Cambell than with Yi’s parents, she told Insider.
“The police didn’t really ask us for the CCTV. They didn’t ask us for our perspective on the case. They just talked to Roman, which was very strange for my parents,” Yi told Insider, adding that the agents initially served the case as harassment, but now consider it an assault.
An NYPD spokesperson confirmed that a report has been filed for the incident, but did not elaborate on Yi’s other claims.
“It was reported to the police that a man entered the site with a request to go to the toilet and had a verbal dispute with a 28-year-old male victim who tried to remove him from the site. The person beat the victim and was killed. not hospitalized. The investigation is currently ongoing,” said the NYPD spokesperson.
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