FREAKY DEEK: WOMAN CLAIMS McDONALD'S 'MADE' HER TURN McJOHNS…HUH?!

Mar 30, 2012 TONI S FREEKY DEEK 0

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“The minimum wage and lack of HEALTHCARE benefits made me do it”….LITERALLY!

Shelley Lynn, a former prostitute and employee of the Las Vegas Chicken Ranch brothel, has claimed in a federal court complaint that McDonald’s played a role in her becoming a sex worker, the Consumerist reports.

Lynn is suing McDonald’s along with her ex-husband and his company Ivernia, which owned the local McDonald’s franchise where Lynn was employed as a cashier 20 years ago, according to the complaint obtained by Courthouse News Service.

Handley “emotionally and psychologically” coerced Lynn into prostitution in part because McDonald’s paid her minimum wage, offered a poor health care plans and no benefits and had no system for filing grievances against employers who abused their power, according to the complaint. All of these factors allowed Handley, her employer when the two began dating, to unjustly terminate her employment and browbeat her into sex work, Lynn claims.

Lynn is suing McDonald’s for lost wages as well as a number of damages, according to the Consumerist. According to the career and workplace review site Glassdoor, the average hourly pay for McDonald’s crew members is $7.64 per hour, or around $15,000 per year. In comparison, Taco Bell paid an average of $7.83 per hour, Wendy’s paid $7.66 per hour and Burger King paid $8 per hour.

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*side eye & smirk*

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