Racist Rant In Hatboro Appears On Television

Disclaimer —The video on the link contains vulgar language and remarks.

HATBORO, PA —While a borough woman awaits a trial date on ethnic intimidation and harassment charges after a racist rant at a borough pizza place in February, her case has appeared on a television show.

The A & E Network aired a three-minute segment about the rant on Episode 98 of its "Customer Wars" program on July 18. The show features segments for viewers to "see what happens when customers help themselves to anything they want."

Rita Bellew, 55, of Hatboro, is awaiting a trial date after her formal arraignment in the Montgomery Court of Common Pleas in early June, her court docket states.

In the expletive-filled viral video, Bellew confronts a counter employee at Amy's Family Pizzeria over a Spanish-language channel being on in the eatery. She demands a refund and then threatens to "look up" the employee and "get them out of town."

Amy's Family Pizzeria captured the rant on a TikTok video. Watch the video here.

"Give me my money back. I’m not giving my money to some illegal immigrant,” she said on the video.

Borough officials said in June that the rant drew interest from a producer who made a public records request seeking information for an upcoming A & E network program.

In the "Customer Wars" segment, the screen flashes "Hatboro" and then shows parts of the rant video with text over it.

The segment said that Omar Quinones is working at the counter and that during his decade of owning Amy's, he has never experienced such an incident before. He is then interviewed by the network.

The network says in the segment that Bellew then starts filming, saying she has more than 4,000 followers after Quinones asks an employee to call police.

The police arrive and take Bellew outside to give her a refund before arresting her.

A mug shot of Bellew is displayed before Quinones appears once again to comment "you wonder how many more people are out there like that?" Watch the segment here.