Yeah I did. Is that what got me on the path?
Either way I don't think the scene should exist in the form
Thankfully no, it's carried out by one of the goons of the what appears to be main antagonist The game is really good, but that scene is completely unnecessary. The horrendous shit the main antagonist could be conveyed in different ways. Yet there is no warning, no option to skip. The way the antagonist is shown to be a total evil shit by the actions he takes especially around one character is more then sufficient.
My recommendation is follow the game and see if that scene gets changed/removed etc. The rest of the game is really really good