Bolt_Gundam510 Posted October 7, 2007 Share Posted October 7, 2007 SHEPHERDSVILLE, Kentucky (AP) -- A jury awarded $6.1 million Friday to a woman who said she was forced to strip in a McDonald's back office after someone called the restaurant posing as a police officer.Louise Ogborn, 21, sued McDonald's Corp., claiming the fast-food giant failed to warn her and other employees about the caller who already struck other McDonald's stores and other fast-food restaurants across the country."Louise has stood up for what happened to her and what McDonald's failed to do for three-and-a-half years, and this jury just vindicated her completely," said her attorney, Ann Oldfather. McDonald's is evaluating whether to appeal the decision, a spokesman said. "While we are disappointed with the verdict, we remain vigilant in our efforts to protect our employees and provide them with a safe and respectful workplace," said William Whitman, a spokesman for McDonald's USA. Ogborn had been seeking $200 million. McDonald's Corp. attorneys argued the company was not responsible and contended the company was being sued because of its deep pockets.Ogborn accused the company of negligence leading up to the events in April 2004, when she was detained for 3½ hours.In the lawsuit, she said someone called the restaurant in Mount Washington impersonating a police officer and gave a description of a young, female employee, accusing her of stealing from a customer. The caller demanded the woman be strip searched.Ogborn was forced to undress, endure a strip search, and to perform sexual acts, the lawsuit said. The events were captured on surveillance video, which was shown to jurors during the trial.A former assistant manager, Donna Summers, was placed on probation for a misdemeanor conviction in relation to the incident. Her former fiance, Walter Nix Jr., is serving five years in prison for sexually abusing Ogborn during the 3½-hour search.A Florida man, David Stewart, was charged with making the hoax phone call but acquitted last summer. Police have said the calls stopped after Stewart's arrest. Source: CNN U.S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombiegod Posted October 7, 2007 Share Posted October 7, 2007 If it was a woman doing the searching I'd have stripped off no problem and then paid her!!! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoKz Posted October 7, 2007 Share Posted October 7, 2007 :) Foreal man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gagquin Posted October 7, 2007 Share Posted October 7, 2007 You can watch a video about this incident. You´d have to look at abcNews: The Law. Top Head Lines .search for :6.1 Million Award for McDonald´s Employee strip-serched in Hoax .ABCNews Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dock98 Posted October 7, 2007 Share Posted October 7, 2007 who gave the managers the right to strip search her in the first place-police or no police.i think their a bunch of sick fucks.why did she stand for it.i would have told them to lock me up first and then to kiss my ass.no boss has the right to do this to any employee for any reason,anytime ,anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeus_Hunt Posted October 7, 2007 Share Posted October 7, 2007 The trickster had already duped supervisors in atleast 68 different fast food restaurants in 32 states over nearly 10 years...The assistant manager who directed the search, Donna Summers, was convicted of unlawfully detaining Ogborn. Summers also joined the suit - saying she was a victim of McDonald's negligence to warn of the hoax - and was awaraded $1.1 Million. Layers of McDonald's argued that those involved in the hoax had failed to apply common sense.Common Sense :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myidisbb Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 The trickster had already duped supervisors in atleast 68 different fast food restaurants in 32 states over nearly 10 years...The assistant manager who directed the search, Donna Summers, was convicted of unlawfully detaining Ogborn. Summers also joined the suit - saying she was a victim of McDonald's negligence to warn of the hoax - and was awaraded $1.1 Million. Layers of McDonald's argued that those involved in the hoax had failed to apply common sense.Common Sense :)i think she is the kind of shy quiet girl that you could smile and show interest and get her to do anything and or be allowed to do anything too. what i dont know was was this store a privately own one or the corp? fire the assistant manager.i think this guy that was making the phone calls was talking with someone online. there is no way he could describe this female without begin there a little while beforehand. i think he was in connection with the former fiance. (most crimes at micdays is insider type)what would happen if it was 16-17 year old female base of the state she was in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dMog Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 The trickster had already duped supervisors in atleast 68 different fast food restaurants in 32 states over nearly 10 years...The assistant manager who directed the search, Donna Summers, was convicted of unlawfully detaining Ogborn. Summers also joined the suit - saying she was a victim of McDonald's negligence to warn of the hoax - and was awaraded $1.1 Million. Layers of McDonald's argued that those involved in the hoax had failed to apply common sense.Common Sense :)i think she is the kind of shy quiet girl that you could smile and show interest and get her to do anything and or be allowed to do anything too. what i dont know was was this store a privately own one or the corp? fire the assistant manager.i think this guy that was making the phone calls was talking with someone online. there is no way he could describe this female without begin there a little while beforehand. i think he was in connection with the former fiance. (most crimes at micdays is insider type)what would happen if it was 16-17 year old female base of the state she was in?No...he was NOT working together with the fiance.... read the article, he was phoneing from hundreds of miles away and had done the same thing to at least 68 other fast food places.... one time he got a janitor to rape a girl, another time he got a manager to pull a customer from the lineup at the till and do a strip search on the customer....no common sense yes but also scam artists are good they are also prepared to phone or talk to literally thousands of people untill they find one or two they can manipulate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myidisbb Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 found in a news clip that it was over a 10 year period. so that guy couldnt been doing all those phone calls either.i do agree with scam phone artist. the assistant manager got money too. (1 million) and charges against him was drop. only the stupid fiance was charge and convicted. really, what !@# fiance would allowed her to strip in the back? thats where something doesnt make sense. the guy on the phone had along ago hang up. shaking head. all 3 need to be shoot and sterilzed. hre parents had later outside the court said about deep pockets of mickeydeeeees whole think a scam. also remember this happen 3 years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeus_Hunt Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 Now I did say common sense, but then she was just 18 at that time.Sad to see that there we grown ups helping the maniac in his shit tasks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dock98 Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 Now I did say common sense, but then she was just 18 at that time.Sad to see that there we grown ups helping the maniac in his shit tasks.well said z. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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