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A Beyond Meat executive was arrested after allegedly “ripping the flesh” off of a man’s nose.
According to local reports, Doug Ramsey physically attacked a driver after a small car accident in a parking garage.
Witnesses allegedly heard Ramsey threaten to kill the other driver. Beyond Meat did not reply to a request for comment.
A Beyond Meat executive was arrested after allegedly “ripping the flesh” off a man’s nose in a fit of road rage that turned violent.
Doug Ramsey, Beyond Meat’s COO, and his alleged victim were found with “bloody faces” by police after witnesses say the two got into a minor car accident in a parking garage after a University of Arkansas football game on Saturday night, according to local Fayetteville news affiliate KNWA.
After the accident, Ramsey got out of his car and reportedly “punched through the back windshield of his victim’s car,” reports KNWA, citing a Washington County police report.
The alleged victim told police that Ramsey “pulled him close and started punching his body,” KNWA says.
The COO of the plant-based meat company allegedly got a taste for flesh during the altercation. According to the report, Ramsey bit the other driver’s nose, “ripping the flesh on the tip of the nose,”
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Witnesses reportedly told police they heard Ramsey “threaten to kill” the other driver. Passengers in both men’s cars allegedly then got out and helped break up the fight.
Insider was able to confirm that Washington County Police arrested Ramsey on one count of terroristic threatening and one count of 3rd-degree battery. His first court appearance will be on October 19.
Beyond Meat could not be immediately reached for comment by Insider regarding Ramsey’s arrest.