Posted on 09/06/2026 7:26:57 PM PDT by simpson96
ST. LOUIS – A former general manager of Lombardo’s Restaurant in St. Louis has filed a wrongful termination lawsuit, saying he was fired after sharing thoughts about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk last year in a Facebook post.
Michael Mormino, an Edwardsville, Illinois resident, formally filed the lawsuit on Monday. He says he worked for Lombardo’s for 15 years and had been promoted to general manager of company’s airport location.
According to the lawsuit, on Sept. 10, 2025, the same day that Kirk was fatally shot in Utah, Mormino shared the following remarks on his personal Facebook page: “Couldn’t happen to a bigger piece of [four-letter expletive] except maybe one I can think of. How’s that 2nd Amendment treating you now [two-word, nine-letter expletive]?”
The lawsuit alleges that the post did not mention Lombardo’s, any specific restaurant, any co-worker, or any customer. It further alleges that Mormino did not write the post on company equipment, on behalf of Lombardo’s, or on the restaurant’s Facebook page.
Mormino contends that the post was personal political speech on his own Facebook account and he did not direct it to anyone connected to the business.
According to the lawsuit, someone took a screenshot of the post and sent it to Lombardo’s owners. The lawsuit says Mormino was initially suspended for two weeks on Sept. 10 and then fired from his job on Sept. 24.
Anthony Lombardo, an owner named in the lawsuit, said there were more circumstances around Mormino’s firing than the lawsuit suggests.
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When I was hired, part of my contract stipulated, “morality;” essentially, “don’t say stupid sh¡t on social media.” Just the fact that you are an employee can trace back to your employer, and that’s not good.
Good thing I don’t use social media anymore.
If I’m not mistaken, Illinois is an at will state, so that anyone can be fired for any reason or no reason at all. They may have changed it since I moved from there 25 years ago.
This POS is a classic case for considering the implementation of SSS...
I wouldn’t want to work with a violent psychopath who goes on record promoting murder.
People who don’t know douchebag is one word are douchebags. Not you of course. The douchebag who censored the article.
The odds are near certain that the sort of person who would post such hatred is not exactly well behaved when friction(s) arise with other employees, etc.
I just read where the guy was posting to Facebook on company time, on company computers, and repeatedly refused to remove information from his Facebook page about who employed him.
First Amendment rights don’t apply here.
The guy is a raging Leftist scumbag who deserved termination.
If Michael Morminon feels free to celebrate a murder, it casts doubt on his integrity as an employee. He may also be apt to steal food from the restaurant or act with disrespect to a customer or a coworker he had a political difference with.
slime ball?
oh! i know that place, a few years ago, i was debating if i should have dinner there.
wells fargo was paying for it so it didn’t matter.
it looks like a italian fine dining place. but if you know st.louis, there are more other iconic italian eateries.
Just as I thought. Sometimes, the Backstory is the REAL story. He should have been shown the door months ago.
And he’s suing them now?
Full disclosure of evidence, coming up!
Just digging his hole all the deeper.
One word is apparently the preferred spelling, but writing it as two words is seemingly an accepted variant :) .
Whether one word or two, I always thought it was a dumb insult.
Doubling down is the Leftist way, isn’t it? I believe it was a Yahoo story that had those elements in it.
Welcome to “ at will”, Florida is that kind of state.
Maybe he was suffering from post-partum depression or psychosis. Or climate change.
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