Washington Nationals employee Jazhiel Morel was fired by the organization for tossing two hot cups of coffee at a convenience store worker in the Dominican Republic.
“The Washington Nationals learned of this incident and immediately terminated the employee said Mike Rizzo (the Nationals general manager and president of baseball operations).
Rizzo said “We do not tolerate this type of behavior in our organization.”
Video which has surfaced on social media Friday shows him throwing the coffee in a 31 Year-Old gas stations clerks face leaving her with first-degree burns.
Morel was later arrested after turning himself into custody
The Washington Nationals fired an employee in the Dominican Republic on Saturday after he allegedly threw two cups of hot coffee in the face of a female convenience-store employee.
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