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		</div><h6><span style="color: #614a4a;"><strong>Silicon Valley CEO is kicked out of a California restaurant for hurling racist abuse at an Asian family and yelling “You f—— need to leave! You f—— Asian piece of s—!”</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #614a4a;"><strong>Michael Lofthouse, the British born CEO and founder of tech company Solid8, was caught on camera shouting racist abuse at Jordan Chan and her family on Saturday</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #614a4a;"><strong>The family were out celebrating a birthday at Bernardus Lodge and Spa&#8217;s Lucia restaurant in Carmel Valley, California, when the attack took place </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #614a4a;"><strong>Shocking footage shows Lofthouse shouting &#8216;Trump&#8217;s going to f**k you!&#8217; </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #614a4a;"><strong>An outraged restaurant worker then steps in and orders him to &#8216;get out&#8217;, adding &#8216;You are not allowed here ever again&#8217;</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #614a4a;"><strong>The video was posted on social media Sunday and went viral after it was shared by pop star Kelly Clarkson </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #614a4a;"><strong>As the video hit the internet, Lofthouse issued a grovelling apology: &#8216;My behavior in the video is appalling&#8217; while shutting down all his social media accounts</strong></span></h6>
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<h6 class="mol-para-with-font"><img class="alignnone wp-image-350401" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Michael-Lofthouse-1.jpg" alt="Michael Lofthouse 1" width="737" height="433" />Michael Lofthouse is seen in viral video calling an Asian family &#8216;f***ing Asian piece of s**t&#8217; before an outraged restaurant worker steps in and tells him to &#8216;get out&#8217;. The Silicon valley CEO was kicked out of the <span style="font-size: 10.72px;">restaurant</span> after the incident on July 4</h6>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">A Silicon Valley CEO was kicked out of a California restaurant on July 4 for hurling racist abuse at other patrons. An Asian family there celebrating a birthday bore the brunt of race baiting as he can be heard in a video recording telling the family &#8216;Trump is going to f*** you&#8217;.<br />
Michael Lofthouse, the British CEO and founder of tech company Solid8, was caught on camera in a racial-tinged exchange with Jordan Chan and her family when they were out celebrating at Bernardus Lodge and Spa&#8217;s Lucia restaurant in Carmel Valley on Saturday.<br />
Shocking footage shows Lofthouse hurling racist abuse at the family as they dined at the table opposite.</p>
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<h6 class="mol-para-with-font">Michael Lofthouse calls the family &#8216;f***ing Asian piece of s**t&#8217; before an outraged staff of the restaurant intervenes to defend the family orders the race-baiting CEO to &#8216;get out&#8217;</h6>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">He calls the family a &#8216;f***ing Asian piece of s**t&#8217; before an outraged restaurant worker steps in and tells him to &#8216;get out&#8217;.<br />
&#8216;You are no longer welcome here,&#8217; she says to him as he gets up and flips the family a bird before leaving.<br />
The video was posted on social media Sunday and went viral after it was shared by pop star Kelly Clarkson.</p>
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<h6 class="mol-para-with-font"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-350402" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Michael-Lofthouse-2.jpg" alt="Michael Lofthouse 2" width="685" height="654" />The Silicon Valley CEO is seen flipping the bird at the family [photo]. Lofthouse head of Solid8 was kicked out of the restaurant Saturday on July 4 for hurling racist abuse at the family and yelling &#8216;Trump is going to f*** you&#8217;</h6>
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<h6 class="mol-para-with-font"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-350419" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Jordan-Chan-and-Mchael-Lofthouse-1.jpg" alt="Jordan Chan and Mchael Lofthouse 1" width="745" height="392" />Jordan Chan [left], was in tears as she recalled the horrible unprovoked attack on her family by Michael Lofthouse [right], the British born CEO of Silicon Valley tech company, Solid8, on Saturday</h6>
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<p><em>Warning: Racist, vulgar language and gestures</em></p>
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<h6><strong>Multiple publications identified the man in the video as Michael Lofthouse, CEO of San Francisco <a href="https://solid8.io/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">cloud computing firm Solid8</a>. </strong></h6>
<p>The footage begins after Lofthouse has already apparently started on his unprovoked, racist tirade, with the person filming him telling him to &#8216;say that again&#8217;, catches a white male <span style="color: var(--color-text); font-size: 1rem;">out as he launches into a racially charged attack on Jordan Chan and her family when they were out celebrating a birthday at Bernardus Lodge and Spa&#8217;s Lucia restaurant in Carmel Valley on Saturday.<br />
Michael Lofthouse, the British CEO and founder of tech company Solid8, was later identified as the man racially attacking the family<br />
In the first frame the person behind the camera is heard saying: </span>&#8216;Oh, now you&#8217;re shy.&#8217;<br />
&#8216;Say it one more time.&#8217;<br />
The man responds by flipping them the bird and saying &#8216;that&#8217;s what I&#8217;m saying now&#8217;.<br />
<span style="color: var(--color-text); font-size: 1rem;">Trump&#8217;s going to f*** you!&#8217; he then yells, as he gets up to leave the restaurant.<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text); font-size: 1rem;">&#8216;You f***ers need to leave.&#8217;<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text); font-size: 1rem;">A waitress is then heard telling him &#8216;to leave now&#8217;.<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text); font-size: 1rem;">&#8216;Get out of here,&#8217; she shouts. &#8216;You are not allowed here. You do not talk to our guests like that.&#8217;</span></p>
<h6 class="mol-para-with-font"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-350412" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Bernardus-Lodge-and-Spas-Lucia-restaurant-in-Carmel-Valley-Calif-2.jpg" alt="Bernardus Lodge and Spa's Lucia restaurant in Carmel Valley, Calif 2" width="684" height="470" />The family had been celebrating a birthday at Bernardus Lodge and Spa&#8217;s Lucia restaurant in Carmel Valley, California on July 4, when the horrific abuse occurred &#8211; Michael Lofthouse, the British CEO and founder of tech company Solid8, was identified as the man racially attacking the family</h6>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">&#8216;You f***ing Asian piece of s**t,&#8217; he shouts at the group, before turning to the waitress and saying: &#8216;Who are these f***ers?&#8217;<br />
&#8216;They are valued guests,&#8217; the waitress responds.<br />
Lofthouse replies: &#8216;Are they? They are valued guests in America?&#8217;<br />
The waitress continues to tell him to &#8216;get out&#8217; and says: &#8216;You are not allowed here ever again.&#8217;<br />
Chan wrote on Instagram that the &#8216;white supremacist&#8217; businessman had begun harassing her family soon after they sang happy birthday to her aunt.<br />
Aside from the racist comments caught on camera, she said he also told them to &#8216;go back to whatever fucking Asian country you&#8217;re from&#8217; and that &#8216;you don&#8217;t belong here&#8217;.<br />
She added on the post that he &#8216;had a LOT more to say after I stopped recording&#8217;.</p>
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<h6 class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="color: var(--color-text); font-size: 1rem;"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-350411" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Bernardus-Lodge-and-Spas-Lucia-restaurant-in-Carmel-Valley-Calif-1.jpg" alt="Bernardus Lodge and Spa's Lucia restaurant in Carmel Valley, Calif 1" width="678" height="557" /></span>The Bernardus Lodge [photo],said they were sorry about the experience their guests had at the restaurant and they were &#8216;proud&#8217; of how their staff handled the toxic situation</h6>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">After the video went viral Lofthouse issued a grovelling apology, claiming: &#8216;My behavior in the video is appalling. This was clearly a moment where I lost control and made incredibly hurtful and divisive comments.<br />
&#8216;I would like to deeply apologize to the Chan family. I can only imagine the stress and pain they feel. I was taught to respect people of all races, and I will take the time to reflect on my actions and work to better understand the inequality that so many of those around me face every day.&#8217;<br />
The Bernardus Lodge said they were sorry about the experience their guests endured at the restaurant but they were &#8216;proud&#8217; of how their staff handled it.<br />
&#8216;This is an extremely unfortunate situation, however, we are proud of our staff at Lucia in keeping with Bernardus Lodge&#8217;s core values,&#8217; said Sean Damery, the lodge&#8217;s vice president and general manager, in a statement to <a class="class" href="https://kion546.com/news/2020/07/06/video-of-man-saying-racist-remarks-against-asian-family-sparks-public-outrage/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener">KION</a>.<br />
&#8216;This incident was handled swiftly and the diner was escorted off property without further escalation.<br />
&#8216;We provide guests with a safe environment for lodging and dining, and extend our sincere apologies to the guests enjoying a birthday celebration on a holiday weekend.&#8217;<br />
Lofthouse appears to have disabled his LinkedIn and Twitter accounts following the incident.</p>
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“You f—— Asian piece of s—!” Tech CEO, Michael Lofthouse, is kicked out of a Silicon Valley restaurant for hurling racist abuse at an Asian family and yelling ‘Trump is going to f*** you’
