Fundraiser for Red Baron Employee Accosted by Prankster Raises $100k
Summary
An online fundraiser for a Red Baron employee who was filmed during a prank has raised more than $100,000. The video shows a prankster pretending to take $10 through Apple Pay; the employee says the incident was not a joke to him.Key Facts
- The employee was identified online as Walt Z.
- The prankster asked the employee for the time and played a pre-recorded Apple Pay transaction sound.
- The prankster told the employee, “I just took ten dollars,” then said the incident was a joke.
- The employee said his life was hard enough and that the incident was not a joke to him.
- Luke Oakenshield organized the GoFundMe and said he did not know the employee.
- The article says some social media accounts associated with prank videos on retail workers appeared to have been deleted.
- Newsweek said it contacted Oakenshield and Red Baron parent company CJ Schwan’s for comment.
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