This article discusses sexual assault.
don’t pick up the phone A close look at the string of prank calls that plagued America throughout the ’90s and early 2000s. While the main suspect in the case, David Stewart, eventually escaped punishment. , the others involved were not so lucky. One of them was Walter Nix, who was featured extensively in the trilogy.
Based on Netflix’s true crime show, each case follows the same modus operandi. First, the suspect will call a restaurant, usually a fast food restaurant, and identify himself as a police officer. He will ask to speak to the manager, who will then tell the manager that an employee is suspected of stealing. The suspect would then order the manager to bring the “suspect” to the manager’s office, and the caller would ask the manager to take away the “suspect’s” search. The caller will continue to ask the victim to perform more sexual acts until the call ends.
Walter Nix Jr. Sentenced to 5 years in prison
Although Walter Nix Jr. is not the suspect making the call, but he will face consequences if he follows the prankster’s orders. In his case, it happened at a McDonald’s in Mount Washington, Kentucky, when a man calling himself “Officer Scott” called the agency. As in previous cases that have appeared on the show’s true crime documentary, the man on the phone informed manager Donna Summers that the victim was responsible for the theft. He ordered Summers to detain the victim in the support office and conduct a strip search. He also asked Summers to call her fiance, Walter Nix Jr., for support.
When the Knicks arrived, the caller instructed Summers to give the phone to the Knicks. Over the next few hours, the caller instructed Nicks to continue sexually assaulting the victim in various ways, under the guise of “checking her out for stolen stuff.” The Knicks will face criminal charges for his role in the crime. Specifically, he was charged with sodomy and sexual assault. He was sentenced to five years in prison despite claiming that he was “just following orders”, believing he was a police officer. He must also register as a sex offender upon release.
What happened to the victims of Walter nix?
As mentioned in the true-crime documentary, Walter Nix Jr.’s victim, Louise Ogburn, was 18 years old at the time of the attack. Not surprisingly, she never returned to work after the incident. She also spoke of the severe trauma she suffered after the incident, describing years of depression, anxiety and insomnia. Ogburn later sued McDonald’s on the grounds that the chain failed to warn employees at its Mount Washington location about the scam calls, even though the calls are still a problem.
Although Ogburn seeks $200 million in lawsuit for her Netflix documentary challenge don’t pick up the phone In detail, she ended up only receiving $6.1 million, $5 million in compensatory damages, and $1.1 million in compensatory damages. McDonald’s will appeal those findings, and a judge will ultimately rule in the company’s favor, eliminating punitive damages and awarding Ogburn only $1.1 million in punitive damages (via daily mail).