Police in Wilton Manors, Florida, are investigating after a local business owner allegedly spat in the face of a gay bartender who asked him to wear a face mask. Shane Cullinan, who bartends at LGBTQ bar The Pub, posted on his Facebook earlier this month claiming that a man had spat in his face after being repeatedly told to follow the bar’s face mask policy. Local business owner Gary Bouvier, who owns the Wilton Wings restaurant in Fort Lauderdale, later issued an apology on Facebook, blaming his “out-of-character behavior” on alcohol, WSVN reports. History of Violence Gary Bouvier has a long history of violence. According to Broward County Court records, Mr. Bouvier had four domestic violence cases brought against him in the past decade. The Pub has signs outside the bar telling patrons that face masks must be worn, in addition to social distancing, but Bouvier reportedly refused to wear a mask inside the premises. Cullinan said on Facebook that Bouvier also tried to “come behind t

Gary Bouvier, owner of Wilton Wings in Wilton Manors Florida A South Florida Business Owner Spits At A Wilton Manors Bartender & The Community Reacts The community of Wilton Manors in Ft. Lauderdale, FL is sprinkled with bars, restaurants and shopping geared to the LGBT community. In times of crisis, communities all over the country like Wilton Manors tend to rally in times of crisis, banding together and knowing that eventually they will come out on the other side. As with most communities, that sometimes is not always the case. This past weekend, local business owner Gary Bouvier was in attendance at Wilton Drive establishment The Pub, and after not wearing a mask on the way to the restroom and being asked to do so by longtime bartender Shane Cullinan, Bouvier spit directly in Cullinan’s face.  Cullinan took to Facebook to address the issue, with his post reading in part;  Cullinan’s words have gravity, as he did lose someone very close to him due to the COVID19 pandemic. “I had

WILTON MANORS, FLA. (WSVN) A bartender  at a Wilton Manors restaurant is speaking out after, he says, a customer spit in his face after he asked him to put on a mask. Signs outside of the Pub, along the 2200 block of Wilton Drive, show masks must be worn and social distancing must be adhered to. However, bartender Shane Cullinan said a customer spit in his face because he told him to wear a mask last Friday. “We run a business where we’re very strong on protecting our customers and our associates, and we have very strict rules,” Mike Connell, the Pub’s owner, said. Cullinan explained the ordeal in a post on Facebook. He said he was trying to keep everyone inside of the business safe with COVID-19 continuing to spread. “I had one of my best friends pass from this with no preexisting conditions,” Cullinan wrote. The friend he mentioned was Broward Sheriff’s Office Deputy Shannon Bennett, who contracted the virus and died in April. Gary Bouvier walked into the Pub last Friday. In a photo,

On June 12 2020, Gary Bouvier , owner of Wilton Wings , spit in the face of a bartender during an drunken attack in Wilton Manors, Florida.