The manager of a New York City Shake Shack restaurant says he was unlawfully detained by police and 'taunted' after he was falsely accused last year of poisoning 3 officers' milkshakes.
The manager, Marcus Gilliam, is now suing members of the New York Police Department, the City of New York, as well as the unions that represent police and detectives. Gilliam's lawsuit is seeking damages for alleged defamation and deprivation.
"Since the orders were placed using a mobile application, and not in person, Mr. Gilliam and the other Shake Shack employees could not have known that police officers had placed the order," the lawsuit says. At one point, Gilliam was instructed to show police how they make the milkshakes and as he did so, a sergeant asked him,"When did you add the bleach?" He was then told that the three officers were in the hospital.
"Throughout the interrogation, the detectives taunted plaintiff about putting bleach in the milkshakes," it says.The suit says that police tested the officers' discarded shakes"and found no evidence of any bleach or other toxic substances." Security footage from the restaurant also showed that no one had tampered with the drinks, the lawsuit says.
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