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Beyond Meat COO Dough Ramsey, famed for biting a man's nose, exits company 

Beyond Meat COO Dough Ramsey, famed for biting a man's nose, exits company 

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Doug Ramsey, the chief operating officer of Beyond Meat who was arrested in September for biting a man's nose, has left the company.

Ramsey, 53, was detained after a fight outside a football game involving Arkansas Razorbacks. As per documents submitted to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the company had suspended him on September 20.

October 14 was his last day at the company that makes plant-based beef, pigs, and chicken. As per the filing, Ramsey might have willingly left the company or might have been fired.

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Ramsey's departure comes a few weeks after he was also accused of making terroristic threats and third-degree violence on September 17, Az Central reported.

However, he was later released on a bond of $10,000.

According to the preliminary police report, Ramsey got into a road rage fight after the Razorbacks' game against Missouri State, as reported by local Arkansas television.

As per a complaint registered, once a man's car crashed into Ramsey's, he punched through the back of the windshield . He repeatedly attacked the man as he exited the car, biting the flesh on the tip of his nose and even making death threats at him.

Beyond Meat's President and CEO, Ethan Brown claimed that the company was trying to achieve more sustainable growth by laying off approximately 200 workers, or 20 per cent of the workforce.

After Ramsey's complaint and now his exit, Jonathan Nelson, Beyond Meat's senior VP of manufacturing operations, will permanently handle the business operation.

(With inputs from agencies)