NEW YORK (KABC) — A Polish millionaire and CEO is speaking out after facing backlash for snatching a kid’s hat at the U.S. Open this week, but it wasn’t to apologize.<\/p>\n
It happened after a match when a tennis star Kamil Majchrzak was signing autographs after his win. He took off his hat to give to a little boy, but the man just snatched it away and took off with it.<\/p>\n
“What are you doing?” the child, whose name is Brock, yells as the man stuffs the hat in a bag.<\/p>\n
The video of the exchange has since gone viral online.<\/p>\n
After facing criticism online, the man said, “If you were faster, you would have it,” and threatened legal action for people criticizing him.<\/p>\n
Social media users identified the man in the video as a Polish CEO.<\/p>\n
Majchrzak — with some help from the internet — had a special meeting on Saturday with the young fan who had the souvenir cap snatched away.<\/p>\n
Majchrzak saw the now-viral video and took to social media to enlist the public’s help in locating the boy.<\/p>\n
“After the match, I didn’t record that my cap didn’t get to the boy… Could you help me find the kid from my match?” Majchrzak wrote on his Instagram story.<\/p>\n
On Saturday, Majchrzak posted a video of his meeting with Brock, which included lots of gifted merchandise.<\/p>\n
“Hello World, Together with Brock we wish you a great day!” Majchrzak captioned a photo of them.<\/p>\n
Majchrzak saw his US Open run end Saturday when he was forced to retire from his third-round match against Leandro Riedi while leading 5-3.<\/p>\n
ESPN contributed to this report.<\/p>\n
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