Chez Tonton bar employees laid off after violent clashes with customers
Security guards and customers of the Chez Tonton bar in Toulouse (Haute-Garonne) exchanged blows within the premises of the establishment. Sunday, December 18, management announces to sanction the employees involved in these clashes.
It was a party night. After France’s victory over Morocco in the quarter-finals of the Football World Cup (2-0), some Blues supporters met in bars in downtown Toulouse (Haute-Garonne). And especially Chez Tonton, an emblematic institution in Place Saint-Pierre.
It was during this evening that clashes took place between bar patrons and security officers. According to videos posted on social networks, employees took several hits on customers. In the crowd, some even use bar furniture.
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violent altercation at Tonton in Toulouse
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Following the publication of these videos, the management of the bar indicated that they regretted an incident which suffered “a catastrophic magnitude”. Sunday, December 18, in a new press release, the management announces that “all the personnel involved in the incident have been laid off”.
Renewing the apologies already presented in a previous address dated December 16, the management of the bar assures, Sunday December 18, that “the team is available to all”.
The Chez Tonton bar is often considered a must-see place at night in Toulouse. When the videos, which went viral, were published, certain personalities and other regulars of the place wanted to react on social networks.
“God knows how your establishment is an institution in Toulouse and that we all spent memorable festive moments there, all generations combined, but the behavior of your staff that evening is simply scandalous and unacceptable.“, writes for example Greg Lamboley, a former rugby player who passed through the Toulouse Stadium.
Despite its notoriety, the establishment is not at its first controversy. On the night of May 24 to 25, 2022, two customers in their twenties claim to have been victims of violence committed by a security guard employed by the bar.
One of them, victim of a fracture, even lost consciousness at the time of the altercation. Accusations that deny en bloc, to date, the management of the establishment.