A Kansas mother was left seething when her toddler daughter was kissed by the owner of the restaurant where they were celebrating her birthday before blowing out her candle and cussing them out.
Cassie Berrios alleged the unsettling scene took place during her child’s 2nd birthday party inside Stearman Field Bar & Grill in Benton, Kan., on Aug. 28.
Servers had just delivered an ice cream cup topped with a burning candle to the toddler when the stranger came up from behind the girl and kissed her on the cheek, according to video obtained by KAKE.
“While attempting to blow out her candle a MAN who has now been identified as the Very owner of Stearman Bar and Grill, approached my TODDLER enjoying her moment by putting his arm around her, called her beautiful and attempted to give her a kiss on her innocent lips,” Berrios wrote on Facebook.
“Luckily in that moment my daughter moved her head in the opposite direction causing him to kiss her on her right cheek but still very near her lips,” the disturbed mom said.
The man, who the restaurant identified as its “equity holder,” then blew out the girl’s candle as the adults around the table looked on in horror.
One of the girl’s loved ones wiped off the cheek where she was kissed before the mother allegedly confronted the man, telling him not to go around kissing other people’s children.
The mother claimed that the man allegedly attempted to touch the girl before being blocked off.
“(He) responded by clearly ignoring what I just said and attempted to touch her again but failed as I was guarding her, in response he told me to “ go F–k myself,” the mother wrote.
After the vulgar confrontation, the man walked out of the bar with another woman who had witnessed the encounter but didn’t stop him.
No arrests have been made but police have opened an investigation after being called to the bar after reports of a battery on a child, KAKE reported.
The mother accused the man of being drunk but said workers told her that he didn’t have too much to drink while at the bar.
“The staff of the restaurant did not seemed surprised by this man’s gross actions and were very quick to inform us that he was the Owner of Stearman Restaurant,” the mother wrote.
“I’m sharing this to inform others of this Disgusting humans actions and to be cautions and aware that he owns many restaurants and treats customers and most likely people in his Day to Day life with so little respect,” she said.
The bar spoke addressed the accusations and the now-viral video, confirming that the man was an “equity owner” in the establishment.
“The safety and satisfaction of our customers is our highest priority. We are taking steps to ensure that this type of conduct does not happen again,” the establishment said, speaking on behalf of the owner group.
“Please be assured that the actions of one individual are not a reflection of the goodwill and hospitality of our other 400 incredible employees,” the statement said.
The man is believed to own A&M Management Group, which operates several restaurants in the surrounding Wichita area.
The bar sits at the north end of the runway at Stearman Field Airport 20 miles northeast of Wichita, Kan.
