The COO of Beyond Meat Inc. was suspended after being arrested on allegations that he bit a man’s nose during an altercation after a college football game in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Doug Ramsey has been suspended, effective immediately, the plant-based meat company said in a statement Tuesday. He was arrested on charges of making terroristic threats and third-degree assault, according to court records. Ramsey was allegedly in a parking garage when a Subaru pulled in front of his Bronco, making contact with the front passenger-side tire, according to a report by local station KNWA/KFTA.
Ramsey got out of his car and “struck the back windshield of the Subaru,” according to the report. The Beyond Meat executive allegedly began punching the car owner, who had abandoned the vehicle, and also “biting the owner’s nose, ripping the flesh off the tip.” He also “threatened to kill” the other man, according to the report.
The executive was released Sunday on $11,085 bond, according to court records.
Ramsey, 53, became Beyond Meat’s chief operating officer in December after a three-decade career at Tyson Foods Inc. His arrest is the latest blow to the plant-based protein company, which last month cut its revenue outlook for the year and said it would. cut 4% of its workforce.
Ramsey and Beyond Meat did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The company’s shares rose 1.4% in after-hours trading Monday, but are down 74% so far this year.
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