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Report: Story of girl getting tossed from KFC hoax

shesallthat — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 02:38:19 GMT

i saw someone post about this story that happened here in jackson so here is an update. this is what the investigation has now determined!

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The report of a Jackson KFC accused of asking a 3-year-old girl to leave because of facial scars was a hoax, according to the Laurel Leader-Call.

The story of Victoria Wilcher, who was disfigured by dog attack, being asked to leave a KFC Jackson because her appearance was scaring other customers was a story generated out of whole cloth and resulted in the family receiving more than $135,000 in cash, as well as gifts and free surgeries, sources with deep knowledge of the investigation said exclusively to the Laurel Leader-Call.

Of the findings, the sources said:

• Kelly Mullins, the child's grandmother who was reportedly with her at the store, told KFC that the incident happened on May 15. A Facebook post attributed to Victoria's Victories, a support site for young Victoria Wilcher who was mauled by three of her grandfather's pit bulls, has the two in Jackson on May 15 having gone to Blair E. Batson Children's Hospital. There are two KFC locations close to the hospital — on Woodrow Wilson Drive and Meadowbrook Drive.

On May 16, Victoria's Victories wrote: "We had a small adventure yesterday, Victoria pulled her feeding tube out but thanks to the great people at Batson Children's Hospital she is home today waiting for her new sister! Mom & Baby Abby come home today too!!"

• The source said surveillance videos show that at no time on the 15th were any children in the store who match the description of Victoria Wilcher or Mullins. The tapes were viewed in both the Meadowbrook and Woodrow Wilson KFC locations in Jackson, the source said. In hours of tape, the source said one small boy with his parents is seen, but they order food and leave the store.

• The source said no orders were recorded to include mashed potatoes and sweet tea on the same transaction, or even the two items as part of a larger order on May 15. Mullins told WAPT TV in Jackson shortly after the incident went viral on social media June 12 that: "I ordered a sweet tea and mashed potatoes and gravy. I sat down at the table and started feeding her and the lady came over and said that we would have to leave, because we were disturbing other customers, that Victoria's face was disturbing other customers."

The source said never has a hospital patient been asked to leave one of the KFCs and he pointed to seeing people suffering from all sorts of ailments eat at KFC. Inside Batson Children's Hospital is a plaque of Col. Harland Sanders, founder of KFC, placed there after the company made a multimillion-dollar donation to the hospital.

"We have never ever ever run off anyone, and we have seen some really really sick people come to the restaurant from the hospital," the source said. "We've had people come in who were shot in the face. We've had them with tubes and wire sticking out. We never have asked anyone to leave.

"There is a physically challenged person working in the Woodrow Wilson location and one of the other (KFC) managers has a child with Tourette's Syndrome," the source said.

• The family initially told KFC the incident happened at the location on State and High streets, a claim backed by a Facebook post by Victoria's Victories, a page run by Teri Rials Bates, the girl's aunt that read: "Thank you for your support for Victoria. If you would like to file a complaint its the KFC on State Street in Jackson MS." That store is not in operation and has been closed for several years.

Victoria's Victories changed its story Friday, saying the State Street reference was a mistake. In it, Bates wrote. "Im the Aunt, I run her page and Im the one that miss quoted that it was State street when it was actually Woodrow Wilson. Dont blame the grandmother for my mistake!

The source said it was no mistake at all.

"It just didn't happen," the source said.

The story began going viral on June 12 when Victoria's Victories page posted: "Does this face look scary to you? Last week at KFC in Jackson MS this precious face was asked to leave because her face scared the other diners. I personally will never step foot in another KFC again and will be personally writing the CEO."

After it went viral, employees and managers at both Jackson locations have faced death threats, have had drinks thrown at them through the drive-thru window and have faced constant verbal harassment, the source confirmed. One employee told the Leader-Call on June 20 that it was the first day since the firestorm erupted that he would wear his KFC work shirt in public.

Re: Report: Story of girl getting tossed from KFC hoax

Sedonee — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 02:40:06 GMT

Is there no level some people will stoop? Good grief!

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tansy — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 02:42:34 GMT

Why aren't the ""sources"" named?

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Jannabelle — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 02:49:09 GMT

Why, why why do people believe, donate money and act on ever story that is reported??

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maryebrown_1 — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 02:50:29 GMT

Hmmmm. I wonder if the Grandmother will be sued for slander, libel and fraud?

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MickD — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 02:51:10 GMT

Well.........

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croemer — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 02:52:28 GMT

I had suspicions...wow this woman should be prosecuted if it is found...for sure she made this story up.

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circles — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 03:11:46 GMT

when I saw a picture of the little girl....I thought...she didn't look so disfigured as to offend anyone....I am sorry she was attacked but she sure wasn't scary looking so as to be asked to leave any restaurant....Shame on the grandmother and I would be ticked if I had donated money and found out it was a hoax...grandmom needs to be locked up....

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Jannabelle — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 03:33:49 GMT

On 6/23/2014 circles said:
when I saw a picture of the little girl....I thought...she didn't look so disfigured as to offend anyone....I am sorry she was attacked but she sure wasn't scary looking so as to be asked to leave any restaurant....Shame on the grandmother and I would be ticked if I had donated money and found out it was a hoax...grandmom needs to be locked up....

Circles I would never donate money based on some anonymous persons claim, I am truly surprised that people do that.......and death threats and throwing drinks on people, they could probably be arrested for assault,( assuming that is true.)

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occasionalrain — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 03:41:15 GMT

Some of us didn't believe the story and said so on the original thread. We aren't gullible nor are we taken in by sob stories.

This woman deserves to be held accountable for making false claims against a business that tarnished it's reputation and the reputation of the workers at that business.

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------ — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 03:46:29 GMT

Wonder if that Las Vegas plastic surgeon will still make good on his offer.

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Lucky Charm — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 03:55:14 GMT

If this was a hoax, this grandmother is despicable to use her little granddaughter as a pawn.

It's sick that she took the unfortunate situation of an innocent little girl and plastered her adorable face all over for the world to see her and identify her.

I hope there are stiff charges filed against her. She should spend some time in the big house.

And so should that loser of a grandfather, whose dogs mauled the little girl. He should be sent to prison for that. Gross negligence.

What a nuisance these two 'grand' parents are.....

They're both useless.

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Disneylandfan — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 03:57:50 GMT

I was reading some comments on one of the newssites and several of the commenters thought it was okay for these people to lie. That the girl needed help so the end justified the means. How incredibly disgusting!!

I am impressed that KFC pledged 30,000 to the little girl's medical no matter what the outcome of the investigation.

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evelomaddict — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 04:08:04 GMT

"I promise its not a hoax, I never thought any of this would blow up the way it has. The article circling the web calling this a hoax is untrue. The article it self say the investigation is not complete. It is not over until KFC releases a statement. The media outlet running this story is not connected with KFC. The family has not asked for anything, a attorney is handling all the media publicity for the family pro bono. Please do not believe untrue media. I have personally watched this family go without to provide for Victoria. They have not and would not do anything to hurt Victoria in any way."

victoria's victories facebook

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garmer — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 04:09:46 GMT

Now that's sick...using that little girl like that. Shame on all involved.

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evelomaddict — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 04:50:41 GMT

what's so heartbreaking is that this little girl does need medical care but with a family like this, could anyone trust that she would get the money?

the money should be put in escrow and payouts to treat her would have to be approved and paid directly.

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raven-blackbird — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 05:00:17 GMT

On 6/23/2014 evelomaddict said:
what's so heartbreaking is that this little girl does need medical care but with a family like this, could anyone trust that she would get the money?

the money should be put in escrow and payouts to treat her would have to be approved and paid directly.

she DOES need the surgery........but.........if this pans out to be fake, the ONLY one hurt by it will be that little girl.........PLUS that grandpa who had that little thing around those pits bulls, someone should knock him upside the head with a 2x4.......with EVERYTHING that has been printed about that breed and kids.............shame on him....................................raven

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sidsmom — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 05:07:33 GMT

I just finished reading the original thread that posted a week/so ago. Many of us were of "raised eyebrow", so this doesn't come as a surprise. People put so much emotion into media events like this. I question the "common sensibility" someone has to immediately throw money @ the problem.

There are numerous, numerous, numerous kids out there that need the same medical attention that this little girl does...why aren't the pocketbooks open for those kids? It's just because this little girl has a story....a hook...a bit...to lure people in. I'm shocked that people can be so easily fooled. Jahi is another case that just makes me shake my head. Some people might think that innocent gullibility is an endearing trait I can't do that. I'm a fact checker...and then give appropriately. But if that's how you roll, go for it.

At the end of the day, the little girl needs medical attention...and she'll never have sight in her eye. Too bad those facts will be brush under the rug of distrust with her grandmother. Sad.

ETA: About the breed of the dog...it's the owners that cause accidents, not a certain breed.

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scotttie — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 05:19:54 GMT

I wonder who is the source saying this is a hoax?

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tansy — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 05:21:37 GMT

On 6/23/2014 scotttie said:
I wonder who is the source saying this is a hoax?

Exactly what I commented on earlier. We still don't necessarily have the true story.