Man Who Punched Out Snooki Is Teacher

The drunken man seen punching "Jersey Shore" cast member in a video clip gone viral is a New York City public school teacher, The Post has learned.

The controversial video will air again next week on the show, along with a public service announcement about domestic violence.

The sudden right cross seen across the Internet has earned North Queens Community High School gym teacher Brad Ferro a technical knockout. He's been moved out of class and into one of the Department of Education’s teacher reassignment centers, also known as a "rubber room," agency officials confirmed. Education Dept. officials said they hadn’t been informed about his arrest earlier because it occurred out of state.

Ferro, 24, of Deer Park, Long Island, was arrested on charges of assault and disorderly conduct shortly after 2 a.m. on Aug. 19 for punching Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi at the Beachcomber Bar & Grill in Seaside Heights, according to local police.

The smackdown was featured in a video clip promoting MTV's edgy new reality show "Jersey Shore," on which Polizzi is featured.

Ferro was initially told to lay off the booze by bouncers at the popular resort bar because he seemed too drunk, Seaside Heights Det. Steve Korman told The Post.

Ferro managed to stay inside the bar and eventually swiped booze belonging to Polizzi and her entourage.

"That started a verbal altercation after which he struck her in the face," said Korman. "She sustained an injury to the inside of her mouth due to the punch."

The video shows Ferro suddenly walloping the woman in the jaw -- sending the 21-year-old's head reeling backward.

Ferro could not immediately be reached for comment, and Polizzi did not return a message left at her upstate Marlboro, NY home.

"Jersey Shore," which debuted last week, has been taking heat from Italian-American groups who are enraged about its negative stereotyping of Italian youth as bimbos and buffoons.

Read more