In the Sunday night incident, Gatti reportedly entered the on-campus Union Street Market with an open container of alcohol, prompting the staff to refuse to serve him, the Hartford Courant reported. After shoving the manager, Gatti is tackled by another employee, is arrested by a police officer and spits at the manager before being led out of the building.
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But University of Connecticut spokeswoman Stephanie Reitz told MassLive that Gatti was still enrolled, and said the school could not comment beyond that due to the he Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.
As with most anything that happens in a public venue today, his rant was caught on video and this video was posted online to become an Internet sensation today.
Gatti’s confrontation with the university’s stalwart food service staff quickly went viral, and Gawker speculated that he had been expelled after publishing Snapchat photographs of him apparently packing his belongings into a vehicle . A UConn police officer arrives, handcuffs Gatti, and then takes him outside.
It continued: ‘Upon arrival, police saw Gatti, being detained by Union Street Market employees. He shoved the manager a few times, bringing this verbal assault to a totally different level of a physical assault.
Speaking generally about the university’s disciplinary process, Reitz said that student offenses are subject to a hearing, the timing of which can depend on the availability of witnesses and other factors. While this is not the official word coming from the folks at the college, there’s certainly enough Twitter posts reporting Gatti has parted ways with the academic community at UConn for good!
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He was arrested twice in the September previous year when he was a student at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. He was ordered to pay a $100 fine and was placed on probation for four months.
