{"id":1022520,"date":"2026-08-25T05:33:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T05:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1022520\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T05:33:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T05:33:25","slug":"uber-eats-delivery-driver-attacks-barstool-employee-in-shocking-caught-on-camera-brawl-at-nyc-headquarters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1022520\/","title":{"rendered":"Uber Eats delivery driver attacks Barstool employee in shocking, caught-on-camera brawl at NYC headquarters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wild video shows a delivery man and a Barstool employee pummeling one another after a brawl broke out inside the company\u2019s Manhattan headquarters on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Barstool founder and president Dave Portnoy <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/stoolpresidente\/status\/2091987295305932999\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">posted the shocking clip to X<\/a> and said that the delivery app courier attacked their security guard after he asked him to leave the office. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had a crazy scene today at Barstool World Hq,\u201d Portnoy wrote. \u201cAn uber eats driver got in a fight with Gia in the hallway over her order. Our security guard Dan went into the hall to tell the guy to leave and he attacked him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cops said that they responded to a call for the brawl which broke out after a verbal dispute at the company\u2019s office at 333 7th Ave. in Midtown around 2 p.m. stoolpresidente\/X<\/p>\n<p>Police confirmed they were called to the company\u2019s Midtown office on Seventh Avenue around 2 p.m. after a verbal dispute turned physical with a 31-year-old man punching a 45-year-old man multiple times in the face.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur security guard Dan went into the hall to tell the guy to leave and he attacked him. Beat him up pretty good,\u201d Portnoy said in an X post.\u00a0 stoolpresidente\/X<\/p>\n<p>A \u201cperson of interest\u201d was taken into custody and an investigation is ongoing, the NYPD said. It\u2019s unclear what led up to the violence. <\/p>\n<p>Nailbiting footage posted by Portnoy shows the deranged delivery man knocking the security guard to the floor and dragging him on the ground.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nailbiting footage posted by Portnoy shows the deranged delivery man knocking the security guard to the floor, and dragging him around on the ground.\u00a0 stoolpresidente\/X<\/p>\n<p>The Uber Eats courier then gets on his knees and wails the guard in the face, video shows.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Three Barstool employees jump in to break up the fight and subdue the culprit, who continues to swing while they try to hold him back, according to the footage. <\/p>\n<p>The staffers were able to pull the courier off the guard and then called 911. <\/p>\n<p>The security guard was treated at the scene, cops said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDanny may need a few stiches [sic] and a couple beers,\u201d Portnoy said about the guard. \u201cAll in all another day at the Stool.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The footage continues, showing three Barstool employees attempting to prevent the courier from continuing his assault on the security guard.\u00a0 stoolpresidente\/X<\/p>\n<p>Portnoy also took the time to sarcastically thank Mayor Zohran Mamdani for the attack, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/07\/16\/us-news\/dave-portnoy-says-billionaire-after-billionaire-offering-to-fund-him-to-run-against-mayor-mamdani\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">whom he has said he\u2019d \u201clove to\u201d run against in a mayoral election.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShoutout Mandami\u2019s [sic] NYC,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/30\/us-news\/dave-portnoy-says-he-would-love-to-run-against-clown-politicians-like-nyc-mayor-mamdani\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Portnoy bitterly remarked<\/a> in his post.<\/p>\n<p>Uber said it has removed the delivery driver from its app. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are horrified by the conduct displayed. Violence is never tolerated, and we\u2019ve removed the courier\u2019s access to the Uber platform,\u201d a company spokesperson told The Post in a statement. \u201cWe stand ready to assist police however we can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Barstool didn\u2019t immediately return a request for comment. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wild video shows a delivery man and a Barstool employee pummeling one another after a brawl broke out&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1022521,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,50703,409090,41760,54521,5249,5248,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969],"class_list":["post-1022520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-america","tag-barstool-sports","tag-celebrity-brawls","tag-dave-portnoy","tag-delivery-services","tag-manhattan","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkcity","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-us-news","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117154519743410207","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1022520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1022520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1022520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1022521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1022520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1022520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1022520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}