The Orange County Criminal Lawyer Blog
A 19-year-old Wendy’s manager in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, was accused of tying a neurodivergent worker to a grill at the restaurant and restraining him with trash bags.
According to police, the incident happened on August 30 at the fast food restaurant. Another worker saw what was happening and recorded part of it, and he later spoke publicly about what he had witnessed. He said the manager told him she needed the alleged victim to remain where he was while she worked in the back of the restaurant.
Police interviewed the manager on September 6, and she allegedly told them the incident was part of a TikTok trend. The coworker who recorded the video disputed that explanation and said he had not seen anything online supporting the manager’s claim of it being a trend.