Wild video shows a deranged gym member leaping over a counter to repeatedly beat a Planet Fitness employee in Miami — all because he made a simple request, cops say.
The crazed woman, identified by cops as 35-year-old Kiara Bryant, now faces two misdemeanor charges after the attack on Dec. 12.
Cops were called to Planet Fitness in Little Havana, Miami, after a woman was reportedly seen running around the gym without clothing, according to NBC News.
When the police arrived, they found Bryant in the parking lot yelling profanities and “attempting to fight everyone,” authorities said.
Bryant’s went off on the employee when he told her to lower her voice in the locker room, according to the arrest report.
The report says the Planet Fitness employee had to push the crazed member away twice, to protect himself, as he threatened to call the police.
Then, Bryant chased the employee around the gym, leaping over the reception desk.
When the employee attempted to ignore her, Bryant began to beat him with closed fists, even when the employee bent over and tried to cover his face with his hands.
When officers arrived, Bryant told them she “got in [the employee’s] face and flinched at him in an aggressive manner because he told her she couldn’t be disorderly inside the gym, and then got pushed by the victim,” authorities said to NBC.
“She took things too far, brutally battered our client, and ultimately, left him in the hospital with a broken nose and severe emotional distress,” Alecsander Kohn, the employee’s lawyer, told CBS Miami.
Bryant was charged with misdemeanor battery and disorderly conduct in an establishment and was held at a $150 bond, but has since been released, according to CBS.
Planet Fitness told reporters that the company has “zero tolerance” for violence and that employees’ safety is a top priority.
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