An 18-year-old employee, Louise Ogborn, was detained for approximately
Ogborn sued McDonald's for negligence, and a jury awarded her $6.1 million in 2007 (later settled for $1.1 million in 2010). Documentaries and Fictional Portrayals An 18-year-old employee, Louise Ogborn, was detained for
On April 9, 2004, at a McDonald's in Mount Washington, Kentucky, a man posing as a police officer ("Officer Scott") called the restaurant. He falsely claimed an employee, 18-year-old Louise Ogborn, had stolen a purse. : When Summers had to return to her
: When Summers had to return to her duties, she called her fiancé, Walter Nix Jr., to watch Ogborn. Over the next two hours, the caller instructed Nix to perform degrading acts and sexual assaults on Ogborn, all of which were captured on the store's surveillance system. Legal Aftermath and Accountability states
The 2004 is one of the most infamous examples of the strip search phone call scam , a decade-long hoax that targeted over 70 fast-food restaurants across 30 U.S. states.