A popular Tampa radio personality has been charged with assault for punching a woman in the face, taking out her phone and shouting obscenities during an autograph drive.
Mike Calta, host of the Mike Calta Show on 102.5 FM, can be seen on video pushing the brunette during the violent exchange that took place at a gun store in Florida.
The exchange started when the unknown woman, holding some papers, starts recording Calta on her cell phone. Calta asks, “How pathetic is your life that you fight.”
She then asks as the camera rolls, “How pathetic is your life?”
A seated Calta responds, “Honestly…how pathetic…my life isn’t pathetic look around you and see how many people are here…turn around…turn your camera,” he demands.
Moments later, he grabs the phone from the woman’s hand and holds it above his head. “These people are here to see me,” he joked.
Mike Calta, host of The Mike Calta Show on 102.5 FM, can be seen in the video shoving the brunette during the violent exchange that took place this week at a Florida gun store
On video you can see how Calta takes the mobile phone from the unknown brunette woman
Woman tells Calta, “You don’t have permission to take that from me,” as she tries to get her cell phone back
The woman jokes, “That’s my property,” as Calta holds up the phone and taunts her
The woman continues to demand that her phone be returned, while a hostile Calta says, “I don’t care… you don’t have permission to throw me under the bus… okay… stop this!” ‘
Calta is then seen pushing the woman and punching her as the woman tries to fight back
The physical altercation went viral with many calling out Calta for his harassing behavior
Calta hosts the Mike Calta Show which airs on 102.5 FM
The woman replies, “You don’t have permission to take that from me. That’s my property.’
An enraged Calta said, “I don’t care…you don’t have permission to throw me under the bus…okay…stop this!”
In the clip you can see how the woman tries to grab her phone that Calta is holding in the air.
The scene then escalates.
Calta is heard to tell the woman, “Get away from me or I’ll kick you out!”
The bodyguards nearby try to keep the woman away from Calta, who repeated three times, “get away from me… get away from me… get away from me.”
He then said to the woman, “b****h if you don’t leave me, these guys will fucking throw you out.”
While trying to get her phone back, Calta dismisses her, saying, “Go outside, they’ll give it to you outside.” She then hears him calling with a different last name: “Mike Oliveria, I want my phone back,” she repeats.
As she tries to grab the phone from Calta’s hand, an enraged Calta stands up and violently pushes the woman away shouting, “Get the fuck off me!”
The distressed woman is heard screaming as the nearby bodyguards say, “he’s committed a crime… he’s committed a crime.”
After the woman was no longer seen in the video, a hostile Calta sits in the back looking at his phone and saying “get the hell off me… you dirty bastard,” which he repeated.
Many Redditt users, who witnessed the event, called out Calta for his harassing and hostile behavior towards the female fan.
One person wrote: ‘Help this victim get the justice she deserves’: Mike Calta is receiving serious online backlash over his recent interaction with a female fan,’ Sportkeeda reported.
The Staten Island native who moved to Tampa in 1992 has been linked to shock jock Howard Stern. His career began when he launched an exclusive radio show titled Cowhead in 2006, according to the News Center.