Patrick Carroll was sued by restaurant manager Miguel Angel Weill, who accused Carroll of spitting on him during a dispute in April. Carroll has not been served with the lawsuit, according to his attorney, Duncan Levin.
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Developer Patrick Carroll has been sued for defamation over an alleged spat at a high-end Miami restaurant. message in The real deal.
Carroll was sued by restaurant manager Miguel Angel Weill, who accused Carroll spit on him during a videotaped dispute in April.
Weill said Carroll spat on him after he stopped the developer from aggressively punching another customer Miami Hiyakawa restaurant — an incident that was captured on security cameras.
In response to the recording, which was picked up by the news media, Carroll—through the Carroll Organization’s spokesman Lewis Goldberg—accused Weill of blackmail—the basis for Weill’s defamation suit against Carroll.
Goldberg’s statement that Weill allegedly told Carroll “I want you to hit me so I can get paid” was defamatory, according to the suit.
Weill also claims he suffered emotional distress due to legal threats from Carroll, who demanded he retract his statements.
“Mr. Carroll could have come to the restaurant and given Miguel a sincere apology for his outrageous behavior,” said Weill’s attorney, Anthony Narula. The real deal. “Instead, he sent Miguel a request with the threat of a lawsuit.
Carroll has not been served with the lawsuit and will not comment on it, his attorney, Duncan Levin, said in a statement.
“He will fight any allegations in court, not in the press,” Levin said.
The suit marks the second time Carroll has been sued for defamation in the past two years.
in 2021 Tampa Attorney Michael Lundy, who represented Carroll’s ex-wife in the divorce case, sued the Hillsborough County real estate mogul for allegedly making false statements about the attorney on social media.
It’s also not the first time Carroll has been banned from busy Miami restaurants. According to the suit, Carroll was also banned from all restaurants owned by the New York hospitality company Major Foods Group after he allegedly called a service manager at Miami Carbone a “street word” after being asked to leave the Italian restaurant. in December 2022 he allegedly harassed a waiter and was too drunk.
The complaint also alleges that Carroll used the homophobic slur “F-word” against an employee at Kim’s Cote Miami in the Miami Design District.
Carroll has denied the other allegations. The founder of the Atlanta-based Carroll Organization is currently looking to sell his $7.4 billion real estate portfolio. The real deal.