Disgraced Merrill Lynch financier James Iannazzo, who was arrested and fired after hurling a smoothie at a Robeks worker and branding her a 'f**king immigrant loser,' was seen for the first time since his arrest at his Connecticut home.
The 48-year-old was spotted wearing black sweatpants, a windbreaker hoodie and a hat while carrying what appeared to be a bottle of detergent outside his $2.64m five-bed, five-bath colonial-style mansion in Southport, Connecticut on Monday.
He was joined by another man wearing an orange jacket. Iannazzo and the man seemingly entered the house through the side garage door and not the main entrance.
The newly unemployed financier triggered public outcry after a TikTok showing him going on a racist rant at a Robeks smoothie store in Fairfield went viral on the social media platform.
Disgraced Merrill Lynch financier James Iannazzo was seen for the first time since his arrest at his Connecticut home on Monday
He was joined by another man wearing an orange jacket. Iannazzo and the man seemingly entered the house through the side garage door and not the main entrance.
The 48-year-old was spotted wearing black running pants, a windbreaker hoodie and hat while carrying what appeared to be a bottle of detergent
Iannazzo was seen outside his $2.64m five-bed, five-bath colonial-style mansion in Southport, Connecticut on Monday
Iannazo has claimed he lost his temper and 'his paternal instinct kicked in' after staff prepared a smoothie containing peanut butter, which caused his 17-year-old son to go into anaphylactic shock.
He claimed he had warned staff that his son was allergic to nuts, while staff claimed that he requested there be no peanut butter but failed to mention an allergy.
Iannazo was fired from his job at Merrill Lynch - where he had worked since 1995, most recently as a vice president of wealth management - after the clip was widely-shared online.
Iannazzo was arrested on charges of intimidation based on bias, breach of peace and criminal trespass on Saturday, before being released.
In a statement shared with DailyMail.com Monday, Iannazzo said: 'I had returned to Robek’s to determine what ingredients were in the smoothie that I had previously ordered. I made my regrettable comments because my 17-year-old son was taken to the hospital suffering from life threatening anaphylactic shock.'
'It was kind of scary, I'm not going to lie because I'm like 'I don't know his intention or what he was going to do,' 18-year-old Gianna Miranda, who works part-time at the Robeks told local news station WFSB.
'He started to call her racial slurs. He threatened to kill us multiple times,' Hill, who is 17 according to the social media platform, also told the outlet. 'I understand and we are sorry on behalf of Robeks for how the smoothie was made, but it gives you absolutely no right to act out like that.'
The disgraced former Merrill Lynch financier, who was ranked the 24th best wealth advisor in Connecticut by Forbes in 2021, has been slammed with one-star ratings on Google by furious reviewers
Others called out Iannazzo and called him a 'terrible guy' for abusing his power as an adult and yelling at the young Robeks workers
'Disgusting behavior,' a reviewer wrote
In 2021, Iannazo was ranked the 24th best wealth advisor in Connecticut by Forbes, Blaze media reported
Meanwhile, the disgraced former Merrill Lynch financier, who was ranked the 24th best wealth advisor in Connecticut by Forbes in 2021, has been slammed with one-star ratings on Google by furious reviewers.
'I would rate zero stars if I could. Enjoy being in the unemployment line while the 'immigrants' are out here actually earning their money,' a person commented online.
Others called out Iannazzo and called him a 'terrible guy' for abusing his power as an adult and yelling at the young Robeks workers.
'So wish I was there to help. What a big man, yelling at 3 or 4 school girls,' one reviewer wrote.
The footage, which was posted on TikTok by @cjjbreezy, was recorded by one of the young girls working at the store, after Iannazzo stormed inside demanding to know who was responsible for adding peanut butter to his smoothie order
