James Iannazzo, 48, was arrested and charged with a hate crime following the chaotic scene at Robeks in Fairfield just before 2:30 p.m. Saturday, the Fairfield Police Department said.
— calling her a “f—ing immigrant” — has been fired after footage of his racist rant went viral.
Iannazzo lashes out and calls the staffers “f–king stupid, f–king ignorant high school kids” when they couldn’t tell him who had made it, according to the footage.He then allegedly called one of the workers a “f—ing b—-” and hurled the drink at her, striking her shoulder. A spokesman for Merrill Lynch told The Post that Iannazzo, who had been with the wealth management firm since 1995, was fired on Sunday as a result of the incident. Iannazzo’s LinkedIn profile lists him as a managing director at the firm.
“After he started to drink his smoothie, my son lost the capacity to breathe properly; his lips and face swelled up, and he required an EpiPen shot, but it did not offer him relief. I called 911,” Iannazzo said in the statement. “They do not reflect my values or my character. I feel terrible that I lost my composure so completely,” he said.TikTok/@andreamorris2.0