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Fundraiser for Red Baron Employee Accosted by Prankster Raises $100k

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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