The NYC deli that accused Forest Whitaker of shoplifting last week is blaming the incident on a "misguided" employee ... and insists race was absolutely NOT a factor.
TMZ spoke with a rep for the Milano Market ... where the Academy Award winner was publicly FRISKED after he was wrongly suspected of stealing an item.
The rep tells us, "The management of Milano Market deeply regrets the wrongful actions of our employee in stopping and frisking Forest Whitaker."
"While we can not delve into the employee's mindset, we do not believe that he was racially motivated in his actions, simply misguided."
The Market says it is taking steps to retrain employees so it doesn't happen again.
And there's more ... the rep says the store wants to reach out to Forest so it could make a donation to the charity of his choice, in an effort to make things right.
[UPDATE]
1:45 PM PT -- The shop owner just called in to TMZ Live to issue a formal apology for the incident. He also said he FIRED the guy who frisked Forest.
A misguided employee, really? Hopefully said employee is no longer there. What size is the donation they are offering? Don't bother unless it is substantial, otherwise it sounds like a good way to make up for the "misunderstanding".
Employees are so stupid sometimes. YOU CAN NOT ACCUSE SOMEONE OF THEFT - and Frisking someone if you are not trained security or police is called illegal detainment. Regular jags are not allowed to frisk someone. The most you can do is if you suspect someone is stealing, you get their description, get away car if possible, and call the police. If they set off an alarm you have the right to ask to look inside the bags. if they say no... you call the cops. Its idiots like this that almost cost my cousin her life. My cousin was very sick and we went to check out so I could take her to the hospital (she refused to leave without her socks.) This old ass woman accused my cousin of stealing picture frames (how she could do that without the person packing the bags knowingly, considering picture frames are on the other side of the building is beyond me.) the old b***h searched her bags and only found socks, underwear and a pair of pajamas. Eventually I called 911 to get an ambulance to the store only to find out my cousin's blood sugar was 700... she almost fell into a diabetic coma and this retard was holding us up. I made sure her old ass was fired.
Hey ... that's just me and the way I roll . HeHe
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