Video tirade captured; ESPN reporter McHenry suspended

ESPN suspended reporter Britt McHenry for one week on Thursday after a video surfaced of her insulting a towing company clerk’s intelligence, job and appearance in Arlington, Va. McHenry, a Washington-based reporter for the sports network since March 2014, turned to Twitter to apologize.

“In an intense and stressful moment, I allowed my emotions to get the best of me and said some insulting and regrettable things,” she tweeted Thursday. “As frustrated as I was, I should always choose to be respectful and take the high road. I am so sorry for my actions and will learn from this mistake.”

In a Twitter exchange with ARLnow.com earlier this month, McHenry said her vehicle was towed from the lot in front of the Arlington restaurant where she ate dinner.

The edited video posted this week to video sharing site LiveLeak claims to show McHenry berating the clerk on April 5 with gems like: “Maybe if I was missing some teeth, they would hire me, huh?”