Nude shots on phone left at McDonald’s spark suit
Posted on Sunday, November 23, 2008
FAYETTEVILLE — A Mc-Donald’s restaurant in Northwest Arkansas and other defendants face a lawsuit that accuses employees of posting nude photographs on the Internet that were found on a cell phone left by a customer.
Phillip and Tina Sherman of Bella Vista filed a lawsuit against McDonald’s Corp.; Mathews Management Co., which owns the McDonald’s franchise on Sixth Street in Fayetteville; and Aaron Brummley, a manager of the drive-in. The suit seeks monetary damages after nude photographs of Tina Sherman were posted on a Web site.
The suit states Phillip Sherman lost his phone at the restaurant on July 5. The phone contained nude photographs his wife sent him.
Though employees promised to secure the phone until Phillip Sherman returned, his wife began receiving text messages from it, the suit claims. The photographs later made their way to a Web site.
The suit seeks a jury trial, saying the couple and their family suffered severe mental and emotional distress, physical injury, pain and suffering, embarrassment, damage to their reputations and fear. The suit also asks for money to cover the cost for having to move to a new residence.
Brummley refused to comment, referring the matter to company officials. McDonald’s officials and franchise owners did not return messages seeking comment.
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