The Polish CEO who was caught on camera snatching a signed hat off a child at the US Open admitted he made a “serious mistake” after viral footage turned him into an international villain.
Piotr Szczerek, the boss of paving stone company Drogbruk, said he believed tennis star Kamil Majchrzak was signing the hat for him to give to his sons when he appeared to grab the cap from the little boy.
“I would like to unequivocally apologize to the boy who was harmed, his family, as well as all the fans and the player himself,” Szczerek wrote on Instagram. I made a serious mistake.
“In the emotions, in the crowd’s joy after the victory, I was convinced that the tennis player was handing the cap in my direction — for my sons, who had earlier asked for autographs,” he added.
“It is a painful but necessary lesson in humility for me.”
This is a developing story.
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
