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KFC hoax? Questions surround claim scarred girl was asked to leave eatery - CBS NewsKFC hoax? Questions surround claim scarred girl was asked to leave eatery
Last Updated Jun 24, 2014 12:00 PM EDT
JACKSON, Miss. -- Fried chicken chain KFC said a franchised restaurant in Mississippi has hired an investigator to look into claims that an employee asked a 3-year-old girl and family members to leave because injuries she suffered in a pit bull mauling disturbed customers. Meanwhile, a local newspaper, citing unnamed sources, reported that the family made up the whole story.
KFC spokesman Rick Maynard said the company is concerned that the Jackson, Mississippi, restaurant's internal investigation couldn't verify the incident. An outside investigator will conduct an independent investigation, Maynard said.
"Along with our franchisee, we remain determined to get to the truth and address the situation appropriately," Maynard told CBS News in a statement.
KFC's commitment of $30,000 to help with the child's medical bills will not be affected by the investigation's outcome, Maynard said.
There was something fishy from the beginning..
KFC hoax? Questions surround claim scarred girl was asked to leave eatery - CBS NewsKFC hoax? Questions surround claim scarred girl was asked to leave eatery
Last Updated Jun 24, 2014 12:00 PM EDT
JACKSON, Miss. -- Fried chicken chain KFC said a franchised restaurant in Mississippi has hired an investigator to look into claims that an employee asked a 3-year-old girl and family members to leave because injuries she suffered in a pit bull mauling disturbed customers. Meanwhile, a local newspaper, citing unnamed sources, reported that the family made up the whole story.
KFC spokesman Rick Maynard said the company is concerned that the Jackson, Mississippi, restaurant's internal investigation couldn't verify the incident. An outside investigator will conduct an independent investigation, Maynard said.
"Along with our franchisee, we remain determined to get to the truth and address the situation appropriately," Maynard told CBS News in a statement.
KFC's commitment of $30,000 to help with the child's medical bills will not be affected by the investigation's outcome, Maynard said.
It is cool that they are honoring their 30,000 donation.
Good on KFC.
There was something fishy from the beginning..
KFC hoax? Questions surround claim scarred girl was asked to leave eatery - CBS NewsKFC hoax? Questions surround claim scarred girl was asked to leave eatery
Last Updated Jun 24, 2014 12:00 PM EDT
JACKSON, Miss. -- Fried chicken chain KFC said a franchised restaurant in Mississippi has hired an investigator to look into claims that an employee asked a 3-year-old girl and family members to leave because injuries she suffered in a pit bull mauling disturbed customers. Meanwhile, a local newspaper, citing unnamed sources, reported that the family made up the whole story.
KFC spokesman Rick Maynard said the company is concerned that the Jackson, Mississippi, restaurant's internal investigation couldn't verify the incident. An outside investigator will conduct an independent investigation, Maynard said.
"Along with our franchisee, we remain determined to get to the truth and address the situation appropriately," Maynard told CBS News in a statement.
KFC's commitment of $30,000 to help with the child's medical bills will not be affected by the investigation's outcome, Maynard said.
It is cool that they are honoring their 30,000 donation.
Good on KFC.
But I hope the parents get a little extra...I do not mean money.
There was something fishy from the beginning..
KFC hoax? Questions surround claim scarred girl was asked to leave eatery - CBS News
It is cool that they are honoring their 30,000 donation.
Good on KFC.
But I hope the parents get a little extra...I do not mean money.
On one hand I feel for them.
They are probably don't have a lot of money and that poor little girl is going to require lots of surgery to have a normal life.
But on the other, really?
That was such a screwed up thing to do.
I still hope for the best for that poor kid.
There was something fishy from the beginning.
You know, as jacked up as this is, I wonder if they would have got the financial help they needed had they been straight up. And, if not, why not?
You know, as jacked up as this is, I wonder if they would have got the financial help they needed had they been straight up. And, if not, why not?
because life is unpredictable and unfair.
You know, as jacked up as this is, I wonder if they would have got the financial help they needed had they been straight up. And, if not, why not?
because life is unpredictable and unfair.
Then there's no real reason to shoot straight.
There's already a discussion of this, try checking before you post another thread.
There was something fishy from the beginning.
Which should have tipped them off since it should taste like chicken.
"I ordered a large sweet tea and her some mashed potatoes and gravy because she was hungry. She was on a feeding tube at the time, but I figured she could just swallow (the potatoes)," Mullins recalled of the alleged KFC incident, per local news outlet WAPT. "They just told us, they said, 'We have to ask you to leave because her face is disrupting our customers.' (Victoria) understood exactly what they said." The story began to spread online, and donations for recovery-related surgeries poured in. Wilcher's family raised more than $135,000, including a whopping $30,000 from KFC. But a Monday report from Mississippi's Laurel Leader-Call claims the family's KFC story was just a publicity stunt to raise cash. An anonymous source close to an ongoing KFC investigation told the Leader-Call there is no surveillance footage of Victoria and her grandmother on May 15 at the KFC locations in the area. The source also said local KFCs had no record of their order of sweet tea and mashed potatoes and gravy.
3-Year-Old Kicked Out Of KFC? The Story's A Hoax, Says KFC
