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Archie’s Pizzeria Closes Amid Sexual Assault and Misconduct Allegations Against Co-Owner

Women who worked with Diego Macias say he engaged in a pattern of sexual abuse against them and was never disciplined, even though Archie’s knew about the grievances.

Archie’s Pizzeria Closes Amid Sexual Assault and Misconduct Allegations Against Co-Owner

Archie’s Pizzeria Closes Amid Sexual Assault and Misconduct Allegations Against Co-Owner

Women who worked with Diego Macias say he engaged in a pattern of sexual abuse against them and was never disciplined, even though Archie’s knew about the grievances.

Archie’s Pizzeria Closes Amid Sexual Assault and Misconduct Allegations Against Co-Owner

Numerous women wrote on social media last month that Diego Macias, co-owner of Archie’s, a popular Bushwick pizzeria and bar, sexually abused them, BK Reader reported. 

One woman said Macias sexually assaulted her, and others said he leveraged his power as a manager against non-managerial colleagues, all of whom were women. 

On July 23, Archie’s closed its doors for good. Former staff say the business knew about Macias’s pattern of abuse but never disciplined him.

“I was sexually assaulted by Diego Macias in 2013,” Chloe Richards wrote on…

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