Polish millionaire and business executive Piotr Szczerek has tendered an apology for snatching tennis player Kamil Majchrzak’s hat from a young fan at the U.S. Open.
The 50-year-old CEO of paving company Drogbruk was caught on live TV grabbing a cap from Polish player Kamil Majchrzak, who had just defeated Russian ninth seed Karen Khachanov.
Writing via his Facebook handle, Szczerek admitted that he made a mistake thinking Majchrzak was giving him the hat for his sons, who had asked earlier for an autograph.
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“I take full responsibility for my extremely poor judgment and hurtful actions. It was never my intent to steal a prized memento from the young fan. I became caught up in the heat of the moment and the joy of the victory, and I believed Majchrzak was handing a hat to me to give to my sons, who had previously asked for autographs. Regardless of what I believed was happening, the actions I took hurt the young boy and disappointed the fans,” he said.
“I hope, at least to a small extent, I was able to repair the harm I caused,” he said.
He denied rumours that he or his family had released statements through lawyers in their defence.
“Neither I nor my wife or my sons commented on the situation on social media or on any other platform. We did not hire any law firm regarding this matter. All statements appearing online accredited to us were false,” said Szczerek