Owner of pizza shop takes legal action after repeated confusion with other restaurant

OAKLAND, Pa. — An Oakland pizza shop is being targeted, but the owner says they have the wrong one.

Customers upset about a viral video have been calling Original Milano's in Oakland -- but the video was taken at Pizza Milano in Uptown.

Ben Sciulli is the owner of the Original Milano's Pizza in Oakland.

He wants to make it very clear that his family business is not affiliated with the Pizza Milano down the street.

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"My dad started this in 1975 in Hampton Township. He owns the rights of the name. He trademarked it," Sciulli said.

His family owns three locations.

The Oakland one has been around for nearly 20 years.

Many assumed Milano's Pizza was connected to Pizza Milano, where a now former manager was seen on video allegedly assaulting a woman.

It drew days of protests outside the shop and Sciulli's business has paid the price, too.

"For me and my employees answering the phone calls and the threats of coming to burn the place down and things like that, yeah, it was very frustrating," he said.

He claims people upset with Pizza Milano have been putting out false information about his business, including his phone number.

It got so bad Sciulli says he had to take legal action.

His attorney issued a cease-and-desist, promising to file legal complaints against anyone who incites harassment.

Now, the threats have finally stopped and business is picking back up.

"We do have a lot of support in Oakland, (people) that have come and supported our business," Sciulli said.

The ex-manager at the Uptown Pizza Milano, Mahmut Yilmez, is due in court next week. The woman in the video, Jade Martin, was also charged.

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