This disgraceful assault by a pair of drunk teenagers, believed to be between 16 and 19, were caught on film in Boston, Lincolnshire ganging up on and attacking a McDonald's manager after they were told to leave for picking on and shouting at staff.
Witness Jasmine Brudenell captured the fight on camera, which started when the manager tried to shield the smaller employees from the two rowdy teen thugs, and told them to leave the premise after they locked an employee in a cupboard, and 'flicked' an employee's cap.
The mother of the pair said that their father accompanied them that night, and all three of them had been drinking. Jasmine explained that the father left the restaurant and got into his truck as soon as the fight broke out.
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Jasmine said: "'The tall McDonald's worker went up to them and nicely asked 'I’m going to have to ask you to leave'.
"I sensed it was going to erupt. Sometimes you can tell when someone is so drunk that there is no chance of reasoning with them."
Refusing to comply, one of the lawless teen grabs onto the manager's collar and starts throwing vicious punches. The other teen joins in on the attack, as the manager is left to fend for himself, as no one intervened to break up the fight.
"They were so intoxicated," Jasmine added, "There was no stopping this – they would have hit anyone who got in the way.
"The other side of where people were eating were kids and old people. All the other guys were friends with them and carried on laughing."
At one point, the manager was tackled to the ground, but still no one lends a helping hand.
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The brawl lasts for about half a minute with the McDonald's manager holding his own against the loutish pair, finally managing to push them towards the exit before the recording ends.
The mother said that she has been receiving 'hate comments' over the incident, and begged for them to stop, saying in a Facebook post that: "I know what had happened and it is not acceptable im very sad and ashamed that my boys would do this and it will be being sorted you would appreciate the rest of the family being left out of it and for the hate comments to stop.
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"They will be dealt with as will the situation. These sort of things happen every day and all get to easily forgotten but never do you think it's going to be something to do with your family !! I'm very sorry on behalf of my boys."
It is understood that the manager is not pressing charges.
Netizens are furious over both the behaviour of the unruly pair and their father - not only did he not intervene, he also walked out entirely. The bystanders who watched without helping were also criticised; one user commented: "The other people watching this should be ashamed of themselves ... not one person went to help the manager what cowards. Disgraceful."
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Lawyers for a teenager who is suing two-time NBA All-Star Ja Morant over a fight during an offseason pickup game can withdraw from the case after citing irreconcilable conflicts with their client, a Tennessee judge ruled Friday.
Rebecca Adelman and Leslie Ballin had filed a motion in Shelby County Circuit Court asking a judge to allow them to withdraw from the lawsuit filed by Joshua Holloway against Morant, who hosted a daylong series of pickup games at his parents' home in July 2022 that ended when the Memphis Grizzlies guard punched the then 17-year-old Holloway once in the face.
Judge Carol Chumney granted the request during a brief hearing Friday. Adelman did not provide details of the nature of conflicts, only saying in court that she felt she was unable to exercise her “legal judgement” in support of Holloway. The judge gave Holloway's parents 30 days to report to the court with information on a new lawyer.
Myca Clay, Holloway's mother, said she was seeking new representation for her son, who plays college basketball for Samford. Clay said after the hearing that she is not open to settling the lawsuit filed in September 2022 and she did not agree with the way her son's lawyers represented him.
“I'm just trying to get justice for my son,” Clay told reporters.
The lawyers' exit from the case came about three weeks after Chumney ruled that Morant “enjoys a presumption of civil immunity” from liability under Tennessee law. Morant claimed he acted in self-defense when he punched Holloway after the teen threw a basketball at Morant, which hit the NBA player in the face.
Morant testified during a December hearing that he was worried about getting hurt after the teen bumped him in the chest, balled his fists and got into a fighting stance before Morant punched Holloway.
The NBA player’s lawyers have argued Morant is protected under Tennessee's “stand your ground” law allowing people who feel threatened at their homes to act with force in certain situations. The law is used in criminal cases, but an earlier ruling by the judge cleared the way for Morant’s lawyers to apply it in the civil case.
A trial had been set in April, but it has been postponed indefinitely.
Morant tore the labrum in his right shoulder in early January, a injury that required surgery, ending a season that started with Morant suspended by the NBA for the first 25 games for a video of the guard flashing a handgun online.
The video showed Morant sitting in the passenger seat of a car and was posted after he finished serving an eight-game suspension in March for another video in which he displayed a handgun in a Denver-area strip club.
Morant apologized for both videos.
FILE - Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant stands on the sideline during the first half of an NBA basketball game between the Grizzlies and the Golden State Warriors, Jan. 15, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn. Lawyers for a teenager who is suing the two-time NBA All-Star over a fight during an offseason pickup game can withdraw from the case after the teen's attorneys cited irreconcilable conflicts with their client, a Tennessee judge ruled Friday, May 3. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill, File)
