Video shows the shocking moment a drunk holidaymaker lifted a Thai bar worker in the air and harassed another female staff member before he was knocked to the ground by a bouncer in an embarrassing brawl.
The foreign tourist featured in now viral footage which showed him squaring up to a bouncer outside the bar in Pattaya, Thailand, during Thai New Year’s celebrations.
The cocky man, who appeared to be speaking English, taunted staff members in the video and reportedly challenged the bouncer to a fight before being taken out with a single punch.
Now CCTV footage from before the brawl has been released, showing the moments that led up to the man being publicly humbled.
The shirtless man is seen lifting a female bar worker, named locally as May, who reportedly banged her head on an air con unit above.
The 33-year-old woman laughed at the encounter, but then ran to the bar, seemingly to avoid it happening again.
When a female manager stepped in to reprimand the man and separate him from the woman, he began leering at her, jokingly attempting to kiss and hug her as she pushed him back.
She tried to kick him out of the bar but he ran back to May, before being shouted at by the manager and sent out into the street.
The shirtless man is seen lifting the young woman up as the bar’s manager runs to intervene
He began leering at the bar’s manager, jokingly attempting to kiss and hug her as she pushed him back
She tried to kick him out of the bar but he ran back to May, before being shouted at by the manager and sent out into the street
There, he launched a humiliating attempt to take on the bar’s bouncers, swaggering and trying to gather a crowd to watch him fight them.
But one of the security guards decided to teach the man a lesson, smacking him to the floor before kicking him as several bar workers joined in with the beating.
The security guards, along with their female manager Phrae, 37, were summoned by police in the city after the footage went viral.
The guards, named locally as Non, 36, and Nik, 37, admitted to being in the clip and said they had reacted after escorting the drunk tourist out of the bar.
They said they had tried to calm the situation before one of them reacted, and reportedly expressed regret that they did not exercise restraint.
‘We initially tried to escort him out of the premises,’ one of the guards told Thai media.
‘The manager even attempted to calm him down, but he refused to listen and continued to provoke other tourists.’
They apologised for ‘giving in to their anger’ and for ‘damaging the reputation’ of the coastal town.
But they said the CCTV footage showed that the ‘heavily drunk’ tourist harassed one woman then turned his attention to a female manager, whom he tried to kiss and embrace.
The foreign tourist was taken down with a single punch as huge crowds watched on
When the bouncers intervened and dragged him away, they said, the tourist allegedly challenged them to a boxing fight.
The bouncer said: ‘He was ushered out of another establishment before entering my store around 10pm. My boss tried to chase him away but he assaulted a girl in the bar.’
The female manager added: ‘I told him to return to his hotel. I said he should stop because he was too drunk and return tomorrow.
‘I grabbed his hand and walked him out of my bar. He pushed me away and walked back inside.
‘There have been many instances of misbehaviour, and we had never assaulted a tourist before, but he just did not stop.’
The cocky tourist appears to taunt one of the guards in the video before the brawl broke out
Locals attempted to diffuse the situation as the man, who appeared to be with a friend, squared up to the staff member
The tourist is said to have poured beer over one of the bouncers’ heads
After the punch knocked him to the ground the dazed man was kicked by the bouncer
May, the woman who had been lifted up, said: ‘The foreigner grabbed and lifted me, causing my head to hit an air conditioning unit.
‘One of our employees was also harassed and now she is too scared to return to work.’
Police said that the staff involved had been given drug tests. The venue has also been temporarily closed.
Police Lieutenant Colonel Arut Suphanon, Deputy Superintendent of the Pattaya City Police Station, also ordered the bar staff to avoid attacking holidaymakers.
He said: ‘There might have been a lot that happened before the incident. However, it was posted on social media and caused a negative image of the area.
‘The tourist has not filed a report yet, but we will put your information in the record. We are not sure whether the victim will report later or not. We will check where he currently is.
‘If we could track him down, I would like to listen to his side of the story.’
Speaking today, Anek Sarathongyu, Superintendent of Pattaya City Police Station, added: ‘The injured tourist hasn’t filed a complaint yet, but I’ve already brought in the security guards for questioning.’
