Past Meat exec Doug Ramsey out after nostril chew arrest

Past Meat Chief Working Officer Doug Ramsey, who had been suspended following an arrest for assault, has left the corporate.

Ramsey left the corporate efficient Friday, weeks after he was arrested for allegedly biting a person’s nostril following a university soccer sport in Arkansas, the corporate stated in a regulatory submitting.

The corporate had initially suspended Ramsey after the arrest turned public final month. The following court docket date within the case is Nov. 14. CNBC has reached out to Ramsey for remark.

The announcement got here as Past Meat, whose gross sales and share worth have been struggling, unveiled broad layoffs and the departures of different high executives.

In September, Ramsey was charged with making terroristic threats and third-degree battery after allegedly assaulting a driver in a parking storage close to Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Police stated Ramsey punched by the again windshield of a Subaru after it hit the entrance tire of Ramsey’s automobile, in accordance with a police report. Ramsey then allegedly punched the Subaru driver and bit his nostril, “ripping the flesh on the tip of the nostril,” the report stated. Police additionally stated the sufferer and a witness additionally claimed Ramsey advised the Subaru driver he would kill him.

Ramsey joined Past Meat in December. He spent three many years at Tyson Meals, the place he oversaw its poultry and McDonald’s companies.

The corporate stated within the submitting stated Jonathan Nelson, its senior vice chairman of producing operations, will completely oversee Past’s operations actions. He took over Ramsey’s position on an interim foundation final month.

Past Meat didn’t instantly return a request for remark.

– CNBC’s Amelia Lucas contributed to this report.