MIAMI — The Texas man accused of attacking a Hard Rock Cafe employee at Bayside Marketplace in Miami is out of jail and telling his side of the story.

Daniel Ramirez, 47, of Lubbock, Texas, posted bond on Saturday and was released early Sunday morning.

Ramirez was quick to defend his actions while walking out of jail.

“We ran into each other, I never hit her,” Ramirez said.

“But there’s video,” said Local 10’s Linnie Supall.

“What kind of video, that she was following me?” Ramirez asked.

“A video showing you shoving her to the ground,” said Supall.

“No, I never did. We ran into each other. It was an accident,” he said.

Ramirez was taken into custody on Friday at the Royal Caribbean terminal at PortMiami by officers with the Miami Police Department.

His arrest came several days after authorities released surveillance footage from the restaurant that they said showed Ramirez violently shoving a woman to the ground on July 26.

That victim, who worked as a bartender at the Hard Rock Café, spoke to Local 10 News about the incident.

She said she observed Ramirez entering an employee-only area behind the bar and eating drink garnishes, and when she told him he couldn’t do that, he responded “B----, what do you want me to do, spit it out?” and both left the bar area.

“Immediately my heart started beating so fast,” said the woman who asked not to be identified.

According to an MPD arrest report, the bartender’s manager called her back over after Ramirez made a complaint.

“According to the victim, (Ramirez) told the manager that no woman was allowed to tell him what to do and that the victim needed to be reprimanded,” the arrest report states.

Police said the manager told the bartender to pretend like she was being reprimanded.

According to the victim, Ramirez fled after the initial confrontation in which she was shoved to the ground.

She said she began taking photos of him as he left the area, but alleges he confronted her again, knocking her to the ground a second time and causing her to lose consciousness.

“It was very, very disgusting, and I wonder how he would feel if it was done to someone in his family,” she said.

Police had been searching for Ramirez since the attack before locating him Friday at the Royal Caribbean cruise terminal at PortMiami.

The victim credited detectives for quickly identifying and locating the suspect.

“I’m really thankful that he was apprehended and arrested and that he’s sitting there thinking about his actions,” the server said.

After posting his bond, Ramirez said he is going home to Texas.

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