Viral San Fran bar brawl woman Shireen Afkari is ARRESTED after shocking footage of drunken restaurant rampage emerges
She slapped away the hands of staff members trying to subdue her and hit a waiter who was filming the bizarre altercation
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A DRUNK and angry customer who was filmed berating staff during a chaotic violent rampage inside a San Francisco restaurant has been arrested.
The alleged viral bar brawl woman, identified by police as Shireen Afkari, was filmed barging into the restaurant kitchen of Hazie’s to hurl abuse at staff because she and her date were refused service.
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Afkari can be seen in the footage shoving her phone in the faces of staff members while unleashing a vicious verbal attack.
She slapped away the hands of staff members trying to subdue her and hit a waiter who was filming the bizarre altercation, before aiming her abuse at bartenders.
Defending her fellow staff members, a female restaurant employee tackles Afkari to the ground before a full on brawl erupts.
Eventually staff are able to manhandle the couple and drag them outside.
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Once outside, Afkari grabs bartender Miguel Marchese by the hair and refuses to let go.
Miguel told SFGate the abuse began around 9.30pm when the pair had their cocktails removed from their table because they were deemed too intoxicated to be served.
Miguel said he wanted to maintain the safety of other guests, so knew he had to get the couple outside.
“She’s kicking me all over and then she ends up wrapping my hair around her hand,” Miguel said.
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“She weaves it around her hand quite tightly, and she pulls on it for dear life. So that was quite a predicament to be stuck in.”
It’s not until the quick-thinking Miguel grabs Afkari’s phone and throws it as far as he can.
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The deranged Afkari lets go to chase it “like a rabid dog going after a bone,” he said.
A bystander sticks a foot out to trip Afkari face first into the pavement, but even then the rampage doesn’t stop.
The woman and her date push and shove the staff until police arrive.
Afkari, an executive for a popular fitness app, was arrested by the San Francisco Police Department.
She was transported to SF County Jail and detained for public intoxication, police said.
On Instagram, Strava released a statement saying they were aware of an employee who exhibited extremely concerning off-hours behaviour.
They concluded the statement by saying that ultimately, “We made the decision to end the individual’s employment“.
Miguel said working in the service industry fortifies people into being resilient.
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“This is the life of being a bartender,” he said.
“I’ve been a bartender for over eight years. I’ve been slapped, I’ve been degraded, I’ve been given homophobic slurs, I’ve been sexualized.”
Orlando Brown’s ex-girlfriend details shocking meltdown that led to his arrest: ‘Surrounded by police with guns’
Omena Alexandria recalled the series of events that led Brown to being charged with domestic battery, obstruction of justice, and drug possession in 2016.
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In January 2016, Orlando Brown was arrested in the parking lot of the Torrance, Calif., police station and eventually charged with domestic battery, obstruction of justice, and two felony counts of drug possession. Brown’s girlfriend at the time, Omena Alexandria, who now shares a child with the actor, recalled the harrowing series of events that led up to the arrest in the “Child Stars Gone Violent” installment of Investigation Discovery’s new docuseries, Hollywood Demons, which premieres on Monday.
Alexandria says she and Brown started dating eight years after That’s So Raven, the Disney sitcom that shot Brown to fame, aired its last episode in 2007. Though she claims to have previously discovered drugs among Brown’s possessions, she says she “didn’t realize there was a drug use problem until his violence kind of gradually escalated.”
“We were arguing once again in the car, and it just turned ugly,” she recalled. “We’re arguing and fighting about everything, and he’s saying crazy stuff at this point: ‘I’m a freemason!’… He’s screaming at me at the top of his lungs, hurling his arms, ‘You effing B, do you know who I am? I’m Orlando Brown you dumb B!’ He’s in my face, screaming, and I’m right here.” So Alexandria “loudly” dictated to her navigation system, “‘Map me to the local and closest police department,’ which was Torrance.”
Rather than startling Brown into silence, the threat of exposure to law enforcement only accelerated his erratic behavior.
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“We pull into the police station, we don’t even get out, he’s still yelling in the car,” recalled Alexandria, who said that she remained “stoic,” calmly requesting that Brown relax. But he continued: “‘I don’t care, I don’t give an eff they’re watching. I’m Orlando Brown, they’re supposed to watch! They’re gonna watch!'”
Alexandria said Brown was “doing all of this within 10 minutes of us being parked there. Before I knew it, I blink, and my car is surrounded by cops.” According to Alexandria, Brown “refused to get out of the car,” and would not hand over his ID. She recalled being “surrounded by police with guns, pointed at my car, pointed at me. They’re telling him put his hands up, and he’s still taking trash.”
The scene reached a violent climax when, according to Alexandria, “I watch him reach down in his sock pull out a meth pipe and throw it under his seat. Cop didn’t play that — he saw him move an inch, they must have pulled that man out of my car so quick and so fast that Honda door was swinging!”
Brown was ultimately arrested following the incident, with the felony complaint stating that he also struck the woman with whom he was in a relationship, per CNN. He was charged with possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia, bringing methamphetamine into police headquarters, battery, and resisting or delaying arrest.
He eventually pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor possession charge and no contest to the other charges. Brown was given three years of probation with a 62-day credit for jail time already served.
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This was only the beginning of Brown’s legal problems. He was arrested again in 2018 for an outstanding warrant stemming from the earlier battery charge; faced another domestic violence charge in 2022 after allegedly threatening a relative with a hammer and a knife; and last year, was kicked out of a Los Angeles restaurant following an outburst in which he referred to himself as “Satan and Lucifer’s son.”
On Tuesday, Brown released the song “Love To You,” his first new song in three years, which he also executive produced.
“Child Stars Gone Violent,” the second episode of Investigation Discovery’s new series Hollywood Demons, premieres Monday, March 31, from 9-11 p.m. ET on ID and streams on Max.
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Shocking moment woman has full blown foot-stamping airport MELTDOWN screeching at cops before she’s bundled & arrested
Fellow passengers watched in shock as she hurled her jumper to floor and clenched fists
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THIS is the shocking moment a furious passenger had a full-blown foot-stomping meltdown at airport staff before she was bundled away and arrested.
In a white T-shirt and yellow pants, the woman launched into a chaotic rage after her flight to New York was abruptly cancelled.
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Footage shows her hurling her jumper to the floor, clenching her fists and screeching at cops at the Norse Atlantic Airways desk as fellow passengers watched in shock.
Erianne, a fellow passenger and model from Paris, said: “It was quite an intense reaction.”
Chaos kicked off on July 3 after passengers on flight N0301 from Charles de Gaulle to JFK were informed via email — just before midnight — that their flight had been cancelled due to technical issues.
“She was in a panic,” said Erianne.
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“She said she was diabetic and needed her medication.
“But I don’t think she should have used such strong language.
“Especially because the people on the desk aren’t responsible.”
The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner never took off, and no hotel was offered to those stranded.
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As tensions soared, airline staff reportedly told passengers they would need to cancel their own bookings and find new flights or hotels themselves – sending many scrambling in the middle of the night.
“The prices were ridiculous,” said Erianne, who ended up shelling out £952 ($1,285) to get home with another airline.
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She added: “They told us that we have to cancel this one on our own, then rebook another ticket from another airline, but the prices were ridiculous.
“After that, the people who couldn’t afford another flight were trying to find a hotel to sleep in.
“But because this happened during the night, that’s not the easiest thing to do.
“Some of them slept at the airport with their kids, including this woman.
“I still haven’t gotten a refund from my original flight, but I am emailing with them.”
Norse Atlantic’s next flight was also cancelled on July 4, and a third was delayed more than two hours the following day, according to flight tracking data.
Some families were left to sleep on the airport floor with their children.
It comes after a passenger allegedly claimed his laptop was a bomb as chaos unfolded mid-air.
Taj Taylor, 27, is accused of making the alarming comment less than an hour into an Allegiant Air flight from St. Pete-Clearwater Airport in Florida to Roanoke, Virginia, on Sunday.
According to an arrest report from the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, Taylor, seated in the last row, allegedly told another traveler that his laptop was an explosive — prompting the shocked passenger to snatch it away.
Six people on the Airbus A320, which was carrying 177 passengers and six crew members, reportedly heard the remark.
The pilot turned the plane around, landing back in Florida just 40 minutes after takeoff—well short of the typical two-hour flight to Roanoke. Law enforcement met the plane on the tarmac and arrested Taylor on the spot.
A full search of his belongings revealed no explosives.
Taylor, when questioned by authorities, claimed he had experienced a “lack of clarity,” according to an FBI report seen by USA Today.
He strongly denied making any bomb threats.
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Taylor appeared in court on Monday, facing charges of conveying false information and threats.
If convicted, he could face a fine of up to $25,000 and a prison term of up to five years.
