Fired monetary adviser flooded with dangerous opinions after racist smoothie store tirade

The Connecticut monetary adviser who was arrested and fired for occurring an alleged racist tirade in a smoothie store is being flooded with dangerous on-line opinions.

James Iannazzo, 48, was hit with greater than 1,000 one-star scores on Google after he was caught on digital camera throwing a smoothie at a teenage worker and calling her a “f—ing immigrant” in a wild scene at a Robeks in Fairfield.

“I’d charge zero stars if I may. Get pleasure from being within the unemployment line whereas the ‘immigrants’ are out right here truly incomes their cash,” one evaluate stated.

“So want I used to be there to assist. What a giant man, yelling at 3 or 4 faculty women,” one reviewer wrote, whereas one other stated: “Horrible man! Thank God he misplaced his job. Towering over these women! Disgusting.”

One other one-star evaluate stated: “I’d give him a zero however my solely choice is a 1. Smelly.”

The opinions pop up on Google’s primary search outcomes for Iannazzo’s identify, the place he’s listed as a monetary advisor. They seem alongside a enterprise handle in Stamford that’s linked to Iannazzo and several other different brokers tied to Merrill Lynch.

Iannazzo was let go from his job as a managing director at Merrill Lynch after footage began going viral of the wild encounter on the Robeks simply earlier than 2:30 p.m. Saturday.

He allegedly launched into an expletive-ridden tirade within the retailer when workers couldn’t inform him who made the smoothie.

Iannazzo addressed the controversy Monday, saying in an announcement that he went to the shop after his 17-year-old son went into “life-threatening anaphylactic shock” and was hospitalized after ingesting a smoothie that the daddy had purchased for him.

The daddy insisted he advised workers his son was extremely allergic to nuts when he ordered the drink — regardless of workers telling cops the daddy had simply requested for no peanut butter.

Iannazzo, who turned himself in to cops after the incident, stated his actions had been “improper and I deeply remorse them.”

He was charged with intimidation primarily based on bigotry or bias, breach of peace and legal trespass.