The former UConn student best known for his boozy mac and cheese rant was arrested trying to escape rehab last month, records show.
Luke Gatti, 20, was ordered into a substance abuse treatment program after he drunkenly shoved a college cafeteria worker last October.
But on May 27, he fled the Wellness Resource Center barefoot. Hours earlier, he’d arrived at the Boca Raton rehab from a detox center in Fort Lauderdale, according to a police report.
He was still in withdrawal when he ran off, angry that doctors wouldn’t give him medication to ease the pain.
When the Long Islander returned to the center a few hours later, an officer was already on scene.
He told her he “did not care if he got hurt or if he hurt himself and wanted to be left alone.”
When he went to leave again, the officer tried to take him into protective custody — but he struck her.
A second officer grabbed his arm and they fell, knocking a door off its hinges.
Once police subdued him with the threat of a Taser, Gatti was taken to a hospital and later booked into jail.
In the cruiser after his arrest, Gatti told officers, “I just want to die.”
Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office records show that the Bayville native was later released on $5,000 bond.
He’s due back in court again on July 27, a clerk at the Palm Beach Clerk and Comptroller’s Office told the Daily News.
Gatti gained notoriety last October when he was caught on camera berating a student union cafe manager who wouldn’t serve him bacon-jalapeno macaroni and cheese because he was carrying an open beer.
Over the course of the nine-minute video, he called the cafeteria manager a “f—ing idiot,” shoved him and spit on his face before employees took him down.
The boozy bro was charged with second-degree breach of peace and criminal trespass.
Afterward, he publicly expressed remorse in a YouTube video
“I’m going to start by apologizing to all the staff involved in my incident, especially the manager,” he said.
“He gave me so many chances to walk away and I didn’t listen to him, I was just a complete a—–e to him instead. No one deserves to be treated that way, ever.”
In December, former UConn student was granted a year of probation, according to the Hartford Courant. Conditions of his sentence include substance abuse treatment, random drug testing and 100 hours of community service.
It’s not clear whether the new charges will affect his probation status.
