British man wanted after bouncer is killed at TOWIE star's Spanish restaurant
A British man is wanted for questioning over the death of a doorman at former The Only Way Is Essex star Elliot Wright’s Spanish restaurant.
Dad-of-two Jose Rafael Pisani Pardo, 55, died in hospital on Sunday evening after suffering serious injuries when he intervened in a fight at Olivia’s La Cala.
It has been claimed he had been declared brain dead and had a life support machine switched off after injuring himself in attempts to eject one of the men involved in the fracas at the Spanish restaurant.
A police investigation into the incident, led by the Civil Guard in Malaga, is ongoing as detectives confirmed yesterday evening no arrests have yet been made.
Officers are said to have taken CCTV footage from Elliott’s eatery on Sunday and interviewed staff at the restaurant, too.
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TOWIE star Elliott closed his restaurant for two days and shared a statement to react to the news on Olivia’s Instagram, which read: “Our hearts are broken and we have closed the restaurant today and tomorrow out of respect.
“We are supporting our staff and the family whilst awaiting news of further investigations.”
A police investigation has launched after a bouncer died at Elliott Wright's Olivia's La Cala restaurant (Francis Hawkins/REX/Shutterstock)
Jose Rafael Pisani Pardo, 55, died in hospital on Sunday evening (SOLARPIX.COM)Bouncer Jose was a proud dad to two grown-up children believed to be from a previous relationship.
He married personal trainer and gym instructor, Romina Acun, in Las Vegas in November last year.
Romina described her fitness fanatic husband as the “love of my life” in an emotional social media post after they wed and posed for photos.
On Monday restaurant boss Elliott and his colleagues learned Jose had died at the Malaga Regional University Hospital, where he had been admitted into intensive care in the early hours of Sunday morning.
He had been working as a doorman at Olivia’s La Cala for the past two years.
The results of a post-mortem believed to have taken place on Monday have not been revealed and are not expected to be officially made public but instead sent to an investigating judge heading an ongoing judicial probe into Jose’s death.
Elliott's restaurant closed for two days after the incident (Instagram)Local reports say the doorman hit his head on the corner of a table as he tried to intervene in a fracas.
But sources claimed he hit the back of his head directly on the floor, as he went down as he tried to eject one of the unruly customers.
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One said: “The local reports talk of a group of people fighting but it was between two people.
“The doorman went down as he tried to eject one of the two men.”
Another added: “Elliott had a great relationship with the dead guy and is devastated at what’s happened.
“He had worked for him for two years.
TOWIE star Elliott owns Olivia's La Cala (Beretta/Sims/REX/Shutterstock)
Bouncer Jose had worked at the restaurant for two years (SOLARPIX.COM)“There was an argument between two people in the restaurant and he’s fallen on the floor and hit his head after intervening.
“It looks like he slipped after one of the guys he was kicking out pushed or punched him but that's something the police are still investigating.
“He landed awkward and banged his head as he fell backwards.
“The ambulance took about 45 minutes to an hour to come and he was rushed to hospital.
“He had swelling on the brain and brain damage because of a lack of oxygen and they said at the hospital he was brain dead.
“They switched the machines off on Sunday.
“Earlier the same day police took all the camera footage away and took down statements from the staff.”
Olivia’s La Cala went up in flames in the early hours of April 26 2021 in an arson attack which is still being investigated and is never believed to have led to any arrests.
The restaurant, which opened in August 2015, had to close so it could be rebuilt.
CCTV footage handed to police showed two masked men with jerrycans breaking into the eaterie shortly before it went up in flames.
The devastating blaze occurred just five weeks after Elliott’s dad Edward George died from coronavirus.
The 43-year-old said in an agonising Instagram post after it was confirmed the fire had been started deliberately: “I can say now that it is arson. Someone's come and took my whole dream away, for whatever reason I'll never know, because I don't have any enemies as far as I'm aware, I didn't think I did.
“Whether it's jealousy or competition, it doesn't really matter.“
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