Security staff at Prahran Hotel sacked over homophobic assault on patron The Prahran Hotel, pictured on its Facebook page. TWO security guards have been sacked after a "vile" homophobic assault on a patron at a popular Melbourne pub. The bouncers reportedly struck the man twice and hurled abuse at him before telling him, "It's not a gay bar" and booting him and his friends out of the Prahran Hotel last night. The assault sparked outrage on social media, with pub-goers calling on people to boycott the hotel. The pub's four owners said this morning they would not tolerate such behaviour and launched an investigation. After a crisis meeting and talks with the victim, they decided the best action was to give the security staff the boot. Part-owner Andy Mullins said they were disappointed they had to investigate "vile accusations of homophobia and derogatory behaviour at our pub." He apologised to the patron and his friends that their night "was ruined at our venue." "We each, and all, roundly condemn any form of vilification in our venues, or in any part of society," Mr Mullins said in a public statement on the hotel's Facebook page. The two guards involved last night have been sacked and will not ever be working in our venue again, nor in any of the other venues we own and operate. Further, our security contractor will be providing additional training to all of their guards in seeking to ensure this type of behaviour is never repeated. More details soon