Forest Whitaker, the Academy Award-winning actor, was stopped-and-frisked by an employee at Milano Market yesterday, the New York Daily News reported.
According to the News, an employee at Milano stopped Whitaker as he was leaving the store around lunchtime, accusing him of shoplifting and patting him down.
"It was around lunchtime and the store was packed," a Milano employee, who chose to remain anonymous, told the News. "We were like 50 people deep. The person walked in and out really quickly so our person just made a mistake. The employee apologized immediately. It was an honest mistake. I've been here 14 years and nothing like this has ever happened."
