The New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE) reassigned public school teacher and youth baseball coach Juan Ynoa “away from students” and relieved him of his coaching duties after a video of him apparently shouting homophobic remarks went viral on social media, NBC News reported Wednesday.
Ynoa, a teacher at Flushing High School in Queens, apparently yelled anti-gay slurs and threatened sexual assault from his car after a purported road rage incident in September. Matthew Kevelson, who Ynoa was apparently verbally attacking, recorded the incident, according to NBC News.
“Hey, jerk off! What’s up, you fucking jerk off?” Ynoa apparently shouts in the video. “I’ll rape your fucking ass, you faggot.”
The NYCDOE stated Ynoa was reassigned pending an investigation after officials learned about the video, per NBC News. Additionally, the New York Longhorns Baseball team, which Ynoa coached, announced it had relieved a staff member of his duties.
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“The actions, words and sentiments expressed by the former member do not align in any way with the Longhorns core values and mission to provide a positive and supportive place for baseball players to develop into young adults both on and off the field,” a post on the team’s Facebook page reads. (RELATED: Hammer-Wielding, Slur-Spewing Woman Charged After Video Of Her Goes Viral: Reports)
“This guy is around children … If he’s a coach, if he’s a teacher in the community, a leader of the community, he can’t be acting like that in public,” Kevelson told NBC New York, stating he had posted the video online as “a form of protection in case anything happened.”
Ynoa mentioned in an email to NBC New York he might eventually share his side of the story, but added “now is not a good time.”