Louise Ogborn
18 year old McDonald's employee Louise Ogborn was the victim of a prank in which a man called her restaurant claiming to be a police officer. The fake officer told the store manager, Donna Summers, that Ogborn was suspected of stealing from a customer's purse, and asked that a strip search be performed. Over the course of multiple hours, Summers and her fiancee subjected Ogborn to a prolonged, humiliating interrogation.
Fast Facts:
- Ogborn's suit against McDonald's began September 10, 2007
- Jury awarded Ogborn $6.1 million
- Ogborn requested McDonald's pay $200 million (including $100 million in punitive damages)
- Allegedly, McDonald's hid evidence that this hoax had happened previously at other locations
- Corrections officer David R. Stewart was tried and acquitted of masterminding the hoax
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