LAUREl, M.S. — The story about a disfigured 3-year-old being asked to leave a KFC restaurant in Jackson, Miss., was reportedly made-up.
KFC says it was investigation the claim that the child was asked to leave because of her facial injuries and committed $30,000 toward the child’s recovery regardless of the outcome of the investigation.
The allegation was first posted on the Facebook page called “Victoria’s Victories” that was created after the pit bull attack at her grandfather’s home in April to follow her recoveries.
According to the Facebook page, the dogs broke her nose,both jaws, cheekbones, and right eye socket. The right side of her face was left paralyzed, and she lost that eye, according to the page.
“Does this look like a scary face to you? Last week at KFC in Jackson M.S ., 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,” a page administrator wrote after they posted a photo of Victoria.
Sean Murphy of the Leader-Call, wrote that anonymous sources told him that the entire story was made up: “The heart-wrenching story of a badly disfigured 3-year-old child being asked to leave a Jackson KFC because her appearance was scaring other costumers was a story generated out of whole cloth and resulted in the family biking the public and professionals for 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”
