Defendants assert that they appropriately terminated plaintiff's interest in the partnership.
Approximately 45 minutes later, defendant Lesort asserts, plaintiff telephoned him at the restaurant and told him that Mrs. St. John was very upset about not getting a table. Lesort claims that a man he knew, a patron of his other uptown establishment, who identified himself as Steve, took the phone from plaintiff and told Lesort that one of Steve's friends would be visiting Lesort that evening concerning the problem with Mrs. St. John. Lesort also states that Steve had insinuated to him on previous occasions that he had connections with organized crime and that he carried a gun. Approximately 45 minutes after the phone conversation, a man carrying a concealed gun entered the restaurant looking for Lesort. He said that Lesort had to apologize to her and then everything would be all right.