Indian-American threatens to ‘kill’ dock worker over Yacht parking

NEW DELHI: An Indian-origin businessman, Ajay Thakore aka Ace Rogers, a California philanthropist was seen threatening a 21-year-old dock worker in San Diego after being refused for parking his yacht.
The owner of a $4.5 million Lamborghini yacht was refused to park at the private Marriott Marquis Marina to pick up one of his employees, as reported.
As the fight escalated, Thakore aggressively started an argument before exposing his genitals to the worker.
In a viral video surfaced online in which Thakore can be seen threatening to kill the worker. “I will kill you, you know I will kill you, I will kill,” Thakore repeatedly yells in the video.
In the later part of the video, Thakore pulls down his pants, exposes his genitals, and makes inappropriate gestures towards the dockworker. Thakore was also seen throwing money in the water and exhorting the dockworker to swim after it.
As per the video shared on social media platform X (officially known as Twitter) by a user Collin Ruggh he added, “The owner, Ajay Thakore who also goes by Ace Rogers, is well-known in San Diego for going to extremes with people he doesn’t like. In 2021, Thakore waged war on a local pizza eatery named American Pizza Manufacturing, a Take N Bake pizza shop, after they allegedly told him to move his car which was parked in front of the store. Thakore is accused of then hiring a plane with a massive banner behind it to fly over San Diego with anti-American Pizza Manufacturing slogans.”

Ruggh further added,” He would also park expensive vehicles in front of the pizza store with stickers all over the car that read: “Take N Bake Pizza Sucks.” Thakore now claims that in addition to not letting him park his car, the shop “discriminated” against him for his Indian descent. The pizza company has since launched a $10 million lawsuit against Thakore.”
Responding to the viral incident, Thakore’s employee claimed that the situation became tense when the workers physically obstructed him from boarding the yacht. He stated, “There was a lot of screaming back and forth,” and mentioned feeling threatened during the encounter.
Thakore defended his actions on his official Instagram page, asserting that there are “two sides to every story”. He explained, “It’s easy to paint a picture with edited video clips…but it’s hard to explain context and look at a situation from all sides.”