MIAMI (WSVN) - A woman was arrested after, police said, her anger inside a gym in Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood escalated into a brutal beating of one of the employees, and the tense confrontation was all caught on camera.

Cellphone video posted to social media shows Kiara Bryant repeatedly punching a male employee at the Planet Fitness location at 775 SW 8th St., this past Friday.

Before tensions pumped up, witnesses said, the 35-year-old was visibly and verbally angry inside the gym. Footage shows things escalating as she puts on her socks and shoes to confront the employee.

According to a police report, the victim told officers that Bryant was yelling and acting disorderly in the locker room. When she came to the front entrance, he told her to lower her voice or he would call the police.

The report states the victim told officers that Bryant became more irate and came up to his face. He pushed her back with both hands in self-defense, but he said that only made matters worse.

In the video, Bryant appears to leave the gym, then quickly returns and jumps over the customer service counter to get close to the employee. She then goes on to punch him in the face, hitting him multiple times, as he crouched down and put his hands behind his neck in an attempt to shield his face.

Investigators said that after attacking the employee, she tried to escape in her car but was confronted by bystanders in the parking lot. When she noticed the commotion, she exited her vehicle and began to aggressively try to fight all of them at once until officers arrived.

The violent confrontation ended with the woman in handcuffs and charged with battery and disorderly conduct. The employee was left with a broken nose from the beating.

Friday morning, 7News showed the video to several startled members of this Planet Fitness location.

“That’s insane, it shouldn’t happen,” said a man. “I don’t know what was her reason. The gentleman is OK; I asked.”

“It’s crazy, it’s very crazy,” said another man. “The gym is not for that. It’s for trying, for [getting] healthy. I don’t know.”

In a statement, Planet Fitness spokesperson Heather Pearson wrote:

“The safety of our employees and members is our top priority and we have zero tolerance for violence of any kind in our clubs. We are committed to providing a safe environment. The franchise group worked closely with local police and have cancelled the member in question.”

The employee has since hired Weil Law Firm to represent him. 7News spoke to attorney Alecsander Kohn about the incident.

“He was simply doing his job as he does each and every day,” said Kohn. “Unfortunately, a customer took things too far and engaged in a brutal and vicious battery against him, ultimately fracturing his nose and sending him to the hospital.”

Kohn said the current focus of the case is making sure Bryant is held accountable.

“This course of events transpired simply from a directive to refrain from engaging in loud and disruptive behavior in the gym. She took out her anger against our client,” he said.

The victim has since returned to work.

Bryant has since bonded out of jail.

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