Applebee's is under fire for asking an employee who was allegedly attacked for being gay to not come back to work.
Timothy Phares, employee at a Rice Lake, Wisconsin Applebee's, took this photo while he was in the hospital after the attack that took place two weeks ago.
Via: wisconsingazette.com
"(Hendricks) was getting out of his vehicle, and he said, 'Fucking faggot, I'm going to kill you,'" Phares said.
At that point Phares said Hendricks struck him in the head with great force using a 2 x 4 piece of lumber. In a written statement, Krista katherine said she heard her brother's head smack the pavement, but Tim Phares lost consciousness and doesn't remember anything else before waking up in the hospital.
Phares suffered head and facial abrasions as well as multiple facial fractures that will ultimately require surgery to implant metal plates, he said.
...Phares said the reason behind the assault is a mystery to him...
Phares told the Wisconsin Gazette that originally he was asked not to return to work at Applebee's by his local management due to bad publicity surrounding the attack.
Via: google.com
He has since returned to work after Greg Flynn, CEO of Apple American Group franchise (pictured below), intervened.
Source: assets.bizjournals.com
