The New York Metropolis Diamond District jeweler seen getting pummeled in a viral video blasted his rivals as jealous “f–king losers” — and claimed the battle erupted after he confronted them for ripping off a buyer.
TraxNYC proprietor Maksud Agadjani, 39, mentioned Friday’s wild brawl between him, George Akay, 46, and Freddy Akay, 42, broke out after the brothers bought a $22,000 diamond bracelet to a buyer — allegedly deceptive the client that it was a TraxNYC piece, based on Agadjani.
Agadjani — whose shoppers embrace YouTube large Mr. Beast and rappers Kodak Black and Busta Rhymes — mentioned it’s a recurring drawback with the brothers, as he recalled the battle to The Submit on Sunday.
“These had been a household of f–king losers that had been jealous that I used to be a profitable jeweler and would continually attempt to steal my shoppers by saying they had been me,” he claimed in a cellphone interview.
“After repeated warnings, they refused to cease.”
The client confronted Agadjani on New 12 months’s Eve concerning the expensive bracelet, main him to fork over a refund, he mentioned.
“I gave the man his cash, and I went to battle,” Adadjani mentioned.
When he approached the brothers — whose sales space is barely two to 3 ft away within the shared area on West forty seventh Avenue — they refused to cough up the dough, Agadjani alleged.
“I made a decision to show them for the frauds they’re, and so they needed to kill me for it,” he mentioned, referring to the stunning movies he posted on social media.
Footage reveals the melee unfolding when Agadjani stormed over to their sales space, Akay Diamonds, and accused them of stealing from him.
“The place’s my f—ing cash, you motherf—-er,” Agadjani erupted whereas slamming the counter with the bracelet in entrance of shocked prospects.
“The place’s my f—ing cash, bitch! I received this sh—ty bracelet. The place’s my cash! What are you gonna do b–ch?!” he continued within the video, which he shared on Instagram to his 3.3 million followers.
“You’re utilizing my title, you b–ch. You f—king thief,” he shouted whereas holding up a receipt in entrance of one of many brothers earlier than safety escorted Agadjani away.
One other video reveals one of many Akay brothers spitting in Agadjani’s face, main to an enormous brawl and Agadjani getting overwhelmed.
“Freddy was strangling me and George threw an entire scale at my head,” he alleged, claiming the brothers’ kin additionally had been concerned within the brawl.
Adjani mentioned his employees finally got here to his rescue and with out them, he’d be useless.
“In the event that they by no means got here, I might have been strangled to dying,” he mentioned.
The brothers had been led out of the enterprise in handcuffs, video reveals, and later charged with assault.
Agadjani, in the meantime, was taken to Bellevue Hospital, the place he posted a video displaying pink marks on his neck beneath a large chain.
He by no means desires to see the rivals once more and plans to sue the pair.
“They may have resolved it by simply giving me again my f—king cash that I gave again to the client,” he mentioned.
“They [would] moderately destroy their total jewellery enterprise and profession as a result of they’re f–king grasping animals.”
The Akay brothers couldn’t be instantly reached for remark Sunday evening.
