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Things are getting steadily worse for 'racist' lawyer who shouted at women for speaking Spanish

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Since going viral for launching a 'racist' tirade in a restaurant because people were speaking Spanish, things have gone from bad to worse for lawyer Aaron Schlossberg.

His private law firm has been evicted from his office; a congressman has filed a formal complaint against him; and his Yelp rating has been bombed bringing it down to one.

On Wednesday, Schlossberg went viral after he threatened to call ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) on some customers and staff in a restaurant in Manhattan because they were speaking Spanish.

A video of the altercation that was posted to Facebook has received 5.3 million views. In it, he rants:

My guess is they're not documented. So my next call is to ICE to get them ejected from my country.

Before the viral rant, Schlossberg had been using a business centre in 275 Madison Avenue for his private law firm, but he has been evicted because of the viral rant.

Speaking to the New York Post, Hayim Grant, the president of Corporate Suites at the building said:

We have terminated his services agreement with us. His actions are just not consistent with our community and rules and regulations… It’s totally contrary to everything we believe in as a company and personally.

The news comes as congressman Adriano Espaillat filed a formal complaint against the lawyer. In an open letter, Espaillat said:

There is simply no place for the scourge of racism and the vulgarity of bigotry in our great nation.

He continued:

The audacity to profile and verbally assault innocent bystanders and customers in a public commercial location is a violation of our civil society.

In another act of revenge, members of the public have bombed Schlossberg's law firm's Yelp page, bringing its rating down to one.

So many negative comments of the firm have been posted that Yelp has had to intervene. Comments ranged from "Ya done messed up, A-A-Ron!", to "The tacos are limp and slimey."

Since the video, members of the press have tried to talk to Aaron, but on each occasion he's attempted to evade them and has remained silent.

A GoFundMe page has also been launched to send Schlossberg a mariachi band and a taco truck. Since launching the campaign, the page has smashed its target of $500, and closed fundraising on $1094.

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