(Stern) Tell her to shake her hair out. She could be hiding something in there.
: Following the caller’s "orders," Summers held Ogborn in a back office for over three hours, taking her clothes, car keys, and cell phone.
The grain is heavy. Louise is now performing jumping jacks. Naked. She is sobbing, trying to cover herself with her hands.
David R. Stewart was eventually arrested and, although he was acquitted in the Kentucky case due to lack of direct evidence linking him to the phone call, he was later involved in legal proceedings related to other similar incidents. The Legacy of the Case
The story continues to resonate because it raises uncomfortable and universal questions: Could the average person be tricked into committing a crime by a persuasive voice on the phone? How does the power of authority supersede our own moral compass? And what responsibility does a large company have to protect its vulnerable employees from a known, recurring threat?
The ordeal only ended when a maintenance worker, Thomas Simms, was brought into the room. Unlike the others, Simms immediately questioned the caller's logic, refused to participate, and told Summers she was being scammed. The Uncensored Video: Evidence, Not Entertainment
Ogborn sued McDonald's for negligence, sexual harassment, and false imprisonment.
The investigation into the calls eventually led to David Richard Stewart, a married father of five and a prison guard in Florida. He was identified after a lengthy investigation that used phone card serial numbers and Walmart surveillance footage of him buying those cards. Stewart was arrested, extradited to Kentucky, and charged with impersonating a police officer and soliciting sodomy. In October 2006, he was acquitted of all charges. There was no recording of his voice or any witness who could place him on the phone that day, making it impossible for the jury to convict him beyond a reasonable doubt. Police noted that the scam calls stopped entirely after his arrest, but he himself was never legally held accountable.
Nix jumps up. Donna is back now, standing near the desk.
In 2004, a hoax caller convinced a Kentucky McDonald’s manager to subject employee Louise Ogborn to a 3.5-hour strip search and physical abuse. Following a $6.1 million civil judgment against the company and criminal convictions for the perpetrators, the case was documented in the Netflix series "Don't Pick Up the Phone" and the film "Compliance". Read the full details at Wikipedia .
The scammer instructed Summers to take Ogborn into the manager’s back office. The "investigation" rapidly devolved:
and humiliation against Ogborn, all while she was held captive in the office [1, 4, 5]. The ordeal only ended when a maintenance man, Thomas Simms, entered the office, realized the situation was a scam, and intervened [2, 4]. The "Officer Scott" caller was later identified as David Stewart





